As you read The Great Stagnation, you get the impression of a smart and sensible economist.

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George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen makes similar points in his book The Great Stagnation.

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In his book The Great Stagnation Cowen says his grandmother saw greater changes.

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In the Time interview, Cowen restates the argument that he made in his book, The Great Stagnation, which was the best selling economics tome of 2011.

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The Great Moderation is now also known as the Great Stagnation, when productivity growth slowed down to a crawl and it now appears, post-Financial Crisis, that much of the economic growth of that era was illusory.

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While most big firms today are still mired in the Traditional Economy of the Great Stagnation, kept afloat by cheap money from central banks, still waiting for an improvement in the business cycle, firms in the Creative Economy are racing ahead by creating their own demand with continuous innovation.

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He correctly points to the private sector as the cause of the current Great Economic Stagnation.

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As our special report in this issue argues, behind the political stagnation of the Arab world a great social upheaval is under way, with far-reaching consequences.

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Gordon which puts forward the hypothesis that humanity is running out of capacity for economic growth and that we need to prepare for great stagnation.

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