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American Economic Review Vol. 105 No. 5 2015

Secular Stagnation: The Long View

Barry Eichengreen

Department of Economics, University of California, 549 Evans Hall 3880, Berkeley, CA 94720 (e-mail: )

Abstract

Four explanations for secular stagnation are distinguished: a rise in global saving, slow population growth that makes investment less attractive, adverse trends in technology and productivity growth, and a decline in the relative price of investment goods. A long view from economic history is most supportive of the last of these four views.

DOI
10.1257/aer.p20151104
Volume
105
Issue
5
Pages
66-70
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib crossref openalex

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