Stabilization Policies in the World Economy: Scope and Skepticism / Jeffrey Sachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachs, Jeffrey.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0862.

NBER working paper series no. w0862

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Stabilization Policies in the World Economy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1982.

Summary:

Throughout the industrialized world, macroeconomic performance since the mid-1970s has been very poor, and the prospects in the near term remain bleak. While there is no consensus among macroeconomists regarding the diagnosis (or cure) of these ills, the major competing schools of thought have focused most of their blame on macroeconomic policy. This paper summarizes a series of studies, in collaboration with Michael Bruno, suggesting rather that supply shocks coupled with real wage rigidities are a central source of the poor macroeconomic performance. Various hypotheses are mentioned as a source for the resistance to real wage cuts, and some illustrations of the policy implications of supply shocks are provided.

Notes:

Print version record

February 1982.