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Une société sans croissance: la politique à l’heure de la «grande stagnation» | Slate fr

Limits of growth / net_efekt via Flickr CC
Fabien Escalona    [bing_translator]

L’entrée des démocraties occidentales dans une ère sans croissance paraît de plus en plus crédible. Or, le triomphe de l’Etat nation libéral-démocratique et social a été profondément lié aux «Trente Glorieuses». Que peut-on en attendre pour l’avenir de nos régimes politiques? Continue reading Une société sans croissance: la politique à l’heure de la «grande stagnation» | Slate fr

Jared Bernstein: Whoa! Whassup With That Big Negative Q1 GDP Revision?

Yes, you read those headlines right: real GDP contracted at a 2.9% rate according to revised data released this AM. That’s contracted, as in went down.

Nope. That was a truly lousy quarter but it’s highly unlikely to be repeated any time soon. The particularly bad winter weather played a role; both residential and commercial building were negative. Heavy inventory buildups in earlier quarters were reversed, which usually implies a positive bounce-back in coming quarters. Exports were revised down and imports up, so the trade deficit subtracted a large 1.5 points from the bottom line; that drag will likely diminish in coming quarters. Continue reading Jared Bernstein: Whoa! Whassup With That Big Negative Q1 GDP Revision?