Law and Macroeconomics

Legal Remedies to Recessions

Yair Listokin

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$48.00 • £38.95 • €43.00

ISBN 9780674976054

Publication Date: 03/11/2019

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280 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

17 illus.

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Introduction
I. Law, Fiscal Policy, and Monetary Policy
- 1. Macroeconomics outside of a Liquidity Trap
- 2. Law and Fiscal Policy When Interest Rates Are Well above Zero
- 3. Law and Monetary Policy When Interest Rates Are Well above Zero
- 4. The Painful Costs of Prolonged Recessions: Evidence and Theory
- 5. Law, Monetary Policy, and Fiscal Policy in a Liquidity Trap
- 6. Institutional Reform of Fiscal Policy
- 7. Expansionary Fiscal Policy by Administrative Agencies
II. The Pros and Cons of Expansionary Legal Policy
- 8. Expansionary Legal Policy: The Case of the Keystone Pipeline
- 9. The Costs of Expansionary Legal Policy
- 10. Law and Macroeconomics: Lessons from History
- 11. Expansionary Legal Policy Options
Conclusion: Five Lessons of Law and Macroeconomics
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

Co-Winner, Silver Medal in Economics, 2020 Axiom Business Book Awards, Jenkins Group, Inc.

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