Joe Stiglitz: Why the world economy's malaise continues

[ish mailian]

You measure it.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> When demand exceed supply, how do you distinguish between "a supply story"
> and a demand story?
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> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:31 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Sorry about that; I thought it was a free article. It's an excellent
>> article. And yes, it is focused on China, but the overproduction is not
>> just a China story.
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>> The super capacity that was built to meet the expected super demand of
>> the developing and emerging growth economies, in China and elsewhere, is
>> the story, a supply story.
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>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:07 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> This article is behind a paywall, but if the first two sentences portend
>>> its content, then it seems to be saying that a glut of Chinese goods is
>>> slowing growth.  More demand would be the solution to this problem.  Lack
>>> of demand is its cause.
>>>
>>> David Morris
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>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 2:56 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Because it's true.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wsj.com/articles/glut-of-chinese-goods-pinches-global-economy-1433212681
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>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why do you say that?
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>>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:37 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> The world is not not suffering from too little demand but with too
>>>>>> much supply and with too much capacity.
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>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>> The economics of this inertia is easy to understand, and there are
>>>>>>> readily available remedies. The world faces a deficiency of aggregate
>>>>>>> demand, brought on by a combination of growing inequality and a mindless
>>>>>>> wave of fiscal austerity. Those at the top spend far less than those at the
>>>>>>> bottom, so that as money moves up, demand goes down. And countries like
>>>>>>> Germany that consistently maintain external surpluses are contributing
>>>>>>> significantly to the key problem of insufficient global demand.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the same time, the U.S. suffers from a milder form of the fiscal
>>>>>>> austerity prevailing in Europe. Indeed, some 500,000
>>>>>>> <http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/07/08/263588/the-conservative-recovery-continues-2/> fewer
>>>>>>> people are employed by the public sector in the U.S. than before the
>>>>>>> crisis. With normal expansion in government employment since 2008, there
>>>>>>> would have been two million more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-e-stiglitz/world-economy-2016_b_8908560.html?utm_hp_ref=world
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