Authors:

  • Benjamin Friedman

Excerpt

Widening Inequality Combined with Modest Growth. Benjamin Friedman, January 2009, Paper. "The crisis triggered by the collapse of subprime mortgage lending in the United States has already resulted in the worst financial turmoil since the 1930s. The U.S. economy is now in recession, and the public is anxiously watching to see just how badly, and for how long, these events in the financial markets will depress non-financial economic activity. Business in most other industrialized countries is slipping as well. Most citizens, in most countries, fear that their incomes and perhaps their living standards as well will suffer..." Link