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And it is possible for advanced countries to fall behind by under-investing, particularly in the public sector, relying instead on less sustainable debt-fueled means of generating demand.
It is a world in which economies are connected directly in the tradable sector of the global economy, and indirectly through the demand and employment linkages between the tradable and non-tradable sectors of individual economies.
A shortfall in non-tradable demand inevitably limits growth on that side of the economy.
The more complex growth issues have to do with the tradable part of the global economy, where global aggregate demand – and the derived demand that lands in various places in global supply or value-added chains – is the target of competition.
Total demand and its growth do matter, but so does market share.
Given the growth patterns across advanced and developing countries prior to the crisis, and then the large negative shock, it is likely that there is a shortfall of tradable global aggregate demand, impeding an important component of global growth.
But, for individual economies, relative productivity versus income levels determines the share of global tradable aggregate demand that is accessible.
Unlike the non-tradable side of the economy, the domestic component of global tradable demand is not an absolute constraint on growth; nor is the rate of growth of global tradable demand an absolute constraint, given the possibility of increasing share.
Fortunately, if countries increase productivity with the aim of boosting relative productivity and growth potential on the tradable side, this will increase incomes and accelerate the growth of global aggregate demand.
Focusing on one (say, the competitiveness problem in the tradable sector) to the exclusion of the other (perhaps a serious non-tradable demand shortfall or stagnant absolute productivity) will not be enough.
Low interest rates strengthen the ability to pay, and thus boost demand.
And, with demand high and housing supply fixed – at least in the short run – prices go up.
Both groups’ demand is inherently ephemeral.
This would mean a depression not just for the US, but for Asia and probably Europe as well, for the US can remain the world’s importer of last resort and guarantor of effective demand only as long as its domestic consumption is strong.
Reforms unleashed the beneficial forces of supply and demand, as Poland's experience made dramatically evident, and brought an end to the endemic shortages of the old regime.
This time, the authorities are allowing growth to slow at a measured pace, partly because the slowdown is a precondition for the kind of growth that does not depend on the state, and partly because the slowdown helps sustain demand for reform.
Today’s populists, however, demand simple – indeed, simplistic – answers outside the scope of mainstream consensus.
Indonesia’s activist approach, whereby it assumes a leadership role both in the region and globally, has been driven simultaneously by supply (domestic popular sentiment) and demand (the country’s international partners).
What has been missing is political will, sustained public demand, and continuous media scrutiny.
There simply is not enough import demand in the world to absorb ever-growing Chinese exports.
When boom turned to bust, falling global demand hit China’s export sector, and threatened to increase unemployment.
Hundreds of millions of people, it is said, have yet to migrate to cities, where they will demand housing.
Such investment also creates jobs, both in the short term, by creating demand for materials and labor, and in the long term, for related services.
Another important consideration is the considerable technical expertise that infrastructure investments demand, which makes them more complex than most assets.
In such a case, private demand would contract; and, with heavily indebted governments keen to avoid being caught off guard by a surge in risk aversion, public demand would not come to the rescue.
Because households would spend part of the windfall, a helicopter drop would boost both domestic demand and the price level.
Moreover, China is already the world’s largest oil importer, and energy demand continues to increase rapidly.
This shift will naturally bring about a decline in demand for energy-intensive raw materials like iron, steel, and cement; at the same time, it will better equip China for the next stages of its development.
Beyond that, such sources will meet all further growth in energy demand.
As a result, it will take longer for demand to feed through to wages and inflation than in the past.
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