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Facing Up to Low Productivity Growth
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Facing Up to Low Productivity Growth

Edited by Adam S. Posen (PIIE) and Jeromin Zettelmeyer (PIIE)
February 2019
Anna Stansbury (Harvard Kennedy School)
PIIE/Jeremey Tripp
Past Event

Book Release: Facing Up to Low Productivity Growth

Karen Dynan (PIIE), Jeromin Zettelmeyer (PIIE), Adam S. Posen (PIIE) and Anna Stansbury (Harvard University)
March 20, 2019 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM
Karen Dynan: Lower Productivity Growth Will Lead to Burdensome Deficits
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Karen Dynan: Lower Productivity Growth Will Lead to Burdensome Deficits

Featuring Karen Dynan (PIIE)
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Adam S. Posen
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Adam Posen: Political Economy Constraints Limit Solutions to Low Productivity Growth

Featuring Adam S. Posen (PIIE)
March 20, 2019
Policy Brief

Short-Run Effects of Lower Productivity Growth: A Twist on the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE), Guido Lorenzoni (Northwestern University) and Jean Paul L'Huillier (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
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