Tag: anna schwartz
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All Cashed Up with Nowhere to Go: What Caused the Depression(s), and What to Do About It
I’ve been meaning to post about this great two–part article by James Livingston (H/T to Mark Thoma), on the causes of the Great Depression and the current…whatever it is. Livingston’s explanation for both cases (in my words): There were oceans of money with not enough productive uses available (like, investments in physical plants and wages–things…