Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to RecessionsAfter 2008, private-sector spending took a decade to recover. Yair Listokin thinks we can respond more quickly to the next meltdown by reviving and refashioning a policy approach, used in the New Deal, to harness law’s ability to function as a macroeconomic tool, stimulating or relieving demand as required under certain crisis conditions. |
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| Title | Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions |
| Author | Yair Listokin |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 2019 |
| ISBN | 0674976053, 9780674976054 |
| Length | 280 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Banks & Banking Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics Business & Economics / Industries / Financial Services Law / Business & Financial Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy |
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