Popular Economic Narratives Advancing the Longest U.S. Economic Expansion 2009-2019 /

The U.S. economic expansion since 2009 is the longest on record since 1854, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Business Cycle Dating Committee. This paper seeks to understand this phenomenon better by looking at the time paths of popular narratives over this interval, of stories t...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Shiller, Robert J.
Körperschaft:
National Bureau of Economic Research
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2020.
Zusammenfassung:
The U.S. economic expansion since 2009 is the longest on record since 1854, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Business Cycle Dating Committee. This paper seeks to understand this phenomenon better by looking at the time paths of popular narratives over this interval, of stories that people have been telling that offer clues into their economic behavior. Six constellations of narratives are studied, identified by keywords "Great Depression," "secular stagnation," "sustainability," "housing bubble," "strong economy," and "save more."
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1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
Anmerkungen:
March 2020.
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