The Great Moderation Revisited
Explore the causes and consequences of the so-called Great Moderation, a period of economic calm from 1982 to 2008. Russ and Alex discuss whether we made fundamental progress in measuring and steering the macroeconomy, and the role of government policy in preventing markets from naturally punishing mistakes.In this clip
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