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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Using The Economic Toolbox To Analyze Countries
1.1 Introduction
2. Applying The Concepts: The U.S. Economy
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Early Development: No Barriers To Growth
2.3 GDP: The Problems Of An Indicator
2.4 Policy And Growth
2.5 Overconsumption, "Twin Deficits" And The Current Account
2.6 Automation, Globalization And A Dearth Of Good Jobs
2.7 A Different Model Of Advanced Capitalism
3. Growth Models And Policy Limits: The Japanese Economy
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Current Account And The Japanese Growth Model
3.2.1 The Japanese Miracle
3.2.2 Savings, Savings, Savings
3.2.3 The "Lost Decade"
3.2.4 The Key Role Of The Yen; Doubts Over Future Trade Growth
3.3 Interpreting Growth Indicators
3.3.1 Nominal, Real And Per Capita GDP Growth
3.3.2 The Gini Coefficient: Why Is It Relevant?
3.4 The Labor Market
3.4.1 Unemployment And The Labor Force
3.4.2 Immigration: A Silver Bullet?
3.5 Demography And Growth
3.5.1 The Challenges Of Ageing
3.6 Fiscal Policy And Debt Without Limits
3.6.1 The Permanent Fiscal Deficit, And Ageing
3.6.2 Does Japan Have A Debt Problem?
3.7 Abenomics And The Limits Of Policymaking
3.7.1 QE, Negative Interest Rates
3.7.2 Expansive Fiscal Policy
3.7.3 The Challenges Of Structural Reforms
3.7.4 The Yen And The Triple Mandate
3.8 Implications For Doing Business In Japan
4. Economic Integration And Disintegration: The European Economy
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The European Integration Project: The European Union
4.2.1 A Dream Of Peace And Unity
4.2.2 Pursuing The Dream: Deepening And Widening Europe
4.2.3 The Culmination Of Union: A Single Currency
4.2.4 Political Institutions And Policy Tools
4.3 A Look At The EU Economy
4.3.1 Cyclical Trends
4.3.2 The EU Vs The USA: Different Models
4.4 Crisis And Recovery With A Single Currency: Spain And The Periphery
4.4.1 Spanish Growth And Indicators
4.4.2 The Euro And The Crisis
4.4.3 Unemployment, The Labor Market And Structural Reform
4.4.4 Fiscal Transfers (or Lack Of Them)
4.4.5 The Spanish Recovery: A Successful Internal Devaluation?
4.5 The United Kingdom: In And Out Of The EU
4.5.1 Britain´s Conflicted Relationship With The EU
4.5.2 The British Economy
4.5.3 The Brexit Vote, Its Implications And Consequences
4.5.4 Immigration And Its Discontents
4.5.5 Article 50 Ways To Leave The EU
4.5.6 What Did Brexit Mean For The Uk?
4.6 The Future Of The EU
4.7 Implications For Doing Business In The EU Or The Uk
5. Growth Models, Institutions And The Future Superpower: India And China
5.1 Introduction
5.2 A (very) Brief History
5.3 Embarking On Development
5.3.1 What Is Development?
5.3.2 India And The Limits Of Import-substitution Industrialization
5.3.3 Revolutionizing China
5.4 Comparing Indian And Chinese Data
5.4.1 Strategies For Growth
5.4.2 Two Current Accounts
5.4.3 The Shifting Foundations Of Growth
5.4.4 The Risks Of Export-oriented Industrialization
5.4.5 China: From Dependence On Foreign Demand To Private Debt Overhang
5.4.6 India: Upper-middle Income By Late 2020s?
5.4.7 Fiscal And Debt Issues
5.5 Demography
5.6 Institutions
5.6.1 (in)equality
5.6.2 Doing Business
5.6.3 Quality Of Governance, And Questions About Democracy
Table Of Contents
1. Introduction: Using The Economic Toolbox To Analyze Countries
Introduction
2. Applying The Concepts: The U.S. Economy
Introduction
Early Development: No Barriers To Growth
GDP: The Problems Of An Indicator
Policy And Growth
Overconsumption, "Twin Deficits" And The Current Account
Automation, Globalization And A Dearth Of Good Jobs
A Different Model Of Advanced Capitalism
3. Growth Models And Policy Limits: The Japanese Economy
Introduction
The Current Account And The Japanese Growth Model
The Japanese Miracle
Savings, Savings, Savings
The "Lost Decade"
The Key Role Of The Yen; Doubts Over Future Trade Growth
Interpreting Growth Indicators
Nominal, Real And Per Capita GDP Growth
The Gini Coefficient: Why Is It Relevant?
The Labor Market
Unemployment And The Labor Force
Immigration: A Silver Bullet?
Demography And Growth
The Challenges Of Ageing
Fiscal Policy And Debt Without Limits
The Permanent Fiscal Deficit, And Ageing
Does Japan Have A Debt Problem?
Abenomics And The Limits Of Policymaking
QE, Negative Interest Rates
Expansive Fiscal Policy
The Challenges Of Structural Reforms
The Yen And The Triple Mandate
Implications For Doing Business In Japan
4. Economic Integration And Disintegration: The European Economy
Introduction
The European Integration Project: The European Union
A Dream Of Peace And Unity
Pursuing The Dream: Deepening And Widening Europe
The Culmination Of Union: A Single Currency
Political Institutions And Policy Tools
A Look At The EU Economy
Cyclical Trends
The EU Vs The USA: Different Models
Crisis And Recovery With A Single Currency: Spain And The Periphery
Spanish Growth And Indicators
The Euro And The Crisis
Unemployment, The Labor Market And Structural Reform
Fiscal Transfers (or Lack Of Them)
The Spanish Recovery: A Successful Internal Devaluation?
The United Kingdom: In And Out Of The EU
Britain´s Conflicted Relationship With The EU
The British Economy
The Brexit Vote, Its Implications And Consequences
Immigration And Its Discontents
Article 50 Ways To Leave The EU
What Did Brexit Mean For The Uk?
The Future Of The EU
Implications For Doing Business In The EU Or The Uk
5. Growth Models, Institutions And The Future Superpower: India And China
Introduction
A (very) Brief History
Embarking On Development
What Is Development?
India And The Limits Of Import-substitution Industrialization
Revolutionizing China
Comparing Indian And Chinese Data
Strategies For Growth
Two Current Accounts
The Shifting Foundations Of Growth
The Risks Of Export-oriented Industrialization
China: From Dependence On Foreign Demand To Private Debt Overhang
India: Upper-middle Income By Late 2020s?
Fiscal And Debt Issues
Demography
Institutions
(in)equality
Doing Business
Quality Of Governance, And Questions About Democracy
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