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Lawrence Summers
Martin Wolf: In the long shadow of the Great Recession
It may be hard to avoid crises but it is vital to make them both small and rare
Martin Wolf: An economic future that may never brighten
Decline in potential growth leads to debate about savings glut and secular stagnation
Martin Wolf: ultra-low interest rates are not a plot by central bankers
Those betting on inflation jumps and a bond-market rout will be disappointed
Paul Krugman: No inflation bogeyman for US Fed to fret about
Interest rate increase could cost economy millions of jobs and trigger deflationary trap
Japan’s efforts to turn tide of population loss not paying off
Despite Abenomics Japan is now in its fourth recession since 2008
Why inequality is such a drag on economies
A debt-addicted economy with stagnant levels of education is likely to fare ill in future
Failure to address demand could blight recovery
Opinion: failure to answer question of demand was leading cause of financial crisis.
Why the future looks sluggish
Former US treasury secretary Lawrence Summers suggested that there could be no easy return to pre-crisis normality
Willingness, not affordability, the crux for America’s economy
The United States has created major social programmes but seems unable to agree on the taxes needed to pay for them
Yellen ‘exceptionally well qualified’ for Fed role, Obama says
President’s nominee to ‘promote employment, stable prices, sound financial system’
Obama to choose Janet Yellen for top Fed job
Nomination of first woman to run world’s most influential bank relieves markets
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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