Federal Fiscal Policy
What can be done about the high and rising national debt?
Research
BPEA | 1975 No. 1A Postmortem of the 1974 Recession
1975, No. 1
THE DECLINE of 2.1 percent in real gross national product from 1973 to 1974was the fourth annual dip since the mid-forties (the others occurredin 1954, 1958, and 1970) and by far the largest. With the benefit of hindsight, I shall, in this brief paper, discuss what happened to the economy and to the economic forecasters in that bleak year. In the comments addressed to forecasting, I shall not allocate blame or praise; my purpose rather is to raise some questions and infer some lessons that may be relevant for future research and application.
Business & Workforce
The changing demographics of business ownership
Social Safety Net
The safety net should work for working-age adults