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“Suppose that the short-term real interest rate that was consistent with full employment had fallen to −2% or −3% sometime in the middle of the last decade. Then, what would happen?". In this work I review the growing literature about the natural rate of interest and the specific perspective proposed by Lawrence Summers, namely the demand-side view...
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