Earth economics studies the economy of our planet from the perspective of an autarkic system (a “closed economy”). It ignores the constituent national and regional parts of the planet economy and focuses on the whole. The book respects the heritages of IS/LM (Keynes) and neoclassical growth (Solow) not out of economic respect but because these tools are very useful in understanding the crisis and the policy response to that crisis.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Planet Earth is Wage-Led!
Özlem Onaran takes us through an analysis of the effect of a decline in the wage share in GDP. The author asserts that when wage moderation and austerity measures are being formulated, it is important to realise that wages not only affect costs on one side but also affect demand on the other. According to Onaran through its effect on aggregate demand, a wage-led recovery is economically feasible as a way out of the global recession.
Book: p. 61 and 106.
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