La crisi americana: appunti di viaggio
Journal title QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria
Author/s Massimo Florio
Publishing Year 2009 Issue 2009/2 Language Italian
Pages 17 P. 103-119 File size 382 KB
DOI 10.3280/QU2009-002004
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This paper comments on an editorial on the American crisis published in the New York Times by Professor Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago. According to Mulligan, the crisis is nothing more than a financial fluctuation: the banks should not be bailed out, other financial actors can take care of business investments, the delay in investment and consumption is not a big problem and public intervention is therefore useless. This paper argues, instead, that the current crisis is not primarily financial but originates from a prolonged shock that hit incombe distribution. The share of labour declined, while the share of capital increased. To sustain returns on capital it was necessary to force lending to consumers. In the short term both monetary and fiscal policy are needed, but in the mid-to-long run it is necessary to return to a more balanced income distribution.
Massimo Florio, La crisi americana: appunti di viaggio in "QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria" 2/2009, pp 103-119, DOI: 10.3280/QU2009-002004