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Entries from August 2009

Do You Trust the Numbers?

August 11th, 2009 · Filed under: Economic Meltdown · Finance

Posted by Michael Brandl

In 1994 Paul Krugman wrote an article in Foreign Affairs that questioned the idea of the “Asian Economic Miracle.”  Krugman simplified that argument made by Alwyn Young and others that the economic growth in Southeast Asia was driven by capital investment and increased labor force participation and NOT by total factor productivity.  What this means [...]

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