Growth

Stylized Facts Solow Model Growth Accounting Endogenous Growth

In the long run we are all dead.

— John Maynard Keynes

Economics 302: Macroeconomic Analysis

Stylized Facts

Background:

Blanchard, chapter 10 (pp. 204–212).
DeLong, J. Bradford. "How Fast Is Modern Economic Growth?" Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter #98-31, October 16, 1998.

Analysis:

"Economics Focus: Catching Up," The Economist, August 21, 2003. [PDF version]
Wolf, Martin. "Asia's Awakening," Financial Times, September 21, 2003.

In The News:

Easterbrook, Gregg. "All This Progress Is Killing Us, Bite by Bite," New York Times, March 14, 2004.

Going Further:

Madrick, Jeff. "Grim Facts on Global Poverty," New York Times, August 7, 2003.
"Global Economic Inequality: More or Less Equal," The Economist, March 11, 2004. [PDF version]