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Macroeconomics Beyond the NAIRU

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Availability:In StockContributor:Servaas Storm, C. W. M. NaastepadPublish date:2012-01-02Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674062276ISBN-10:674062272UPC:9780674062276Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Economics, Economic Conditions, Public PolicyBook Topic:Macroeconomics, Economic PolicySize:9.40 x 6.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCQM8D4KGC

Economists and the governments they advise have based their macroeconomic policies on the idea of a natural rate of unemployment. Government policy that pushes the rate below this point--about 6 percent--is apt to trigger an accelerating rate of inflation that is hard to reverse, or so the argument goes. In this book, Storm and Naastepad make a strong case that this concept is flawed: that a stable non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU), independent of macroeconomic policy, does not exist. Consequently, government decisions based on the NAIRU are not only misguided but have huge and avoidable social costs, namely, high unemployment and sustained inequality.

Skillfully merging theoretical and empirical analysis, Storm and Naastepad show how the NAIRU's neglect of labor's impact on technological change and productivity growth eclipses the many positive contributions that labor and its regulation make to economic performance. When these positive effects are taken into account, the authors contend, a more humane policy becomes feasible, one that would enhance productivity and technological progress while maintaining profits, thus creating conditions for low unemployment and wider equality.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674062276ISBN-10:674062272UPC:9780674062276Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Economics, Economic Conditions, Public PolicyBook Topic:Macroeconomics, Economic PolicySize:9.40 x 6.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCQM8D4KGC
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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