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A return to fiscal deficits, which could result from the combination of large tax breaks and a much slower-growing economy, would make the economy more vulnerable to shocks in coming years.
But this process has not occurred, and, as the interminable Greek crisis has shown, the eurozone remains rife with structural weaknesses and extremely vulnerable to internal shocks.
A fashion show, for example, would be rigorously reviewed to ensure that no non-conformist attire that shocks the sensibilities of Indian culture’s custodians makes it on screen.
In the period following the oil shocks of the 1970s until the early 1980s, almost two-thirds of the countries recorded inflation rates above 10%.
Economic development is a convoluted process, full of challenges and risks, successes and failures, external shocks and internal volatility.
Countries that are near the point where “can’t pay” becomes “won’t pay” have high interest rates relative to benchmark “safe” debt issued by other governments, because even small shocks can shift the balance for decision-makers towards default.
But these interest-rate spreads make the benefits of non-payment greater, so the same shocks can send a country quickly into default.
But a series of recent shocks suggests that macro liquidity has become linked with severe market illiquidity.
Emerging market countries elsewhere have made considerable reform progress of late, but they must sustain the momentum to guard against potential shocks.
The resilience of the global economy in the face of political and economic shocks demonstrates the central relevance of the reform process - and underlines the importance of continuing along this path.
All of this will make US policymakers less confident and less flexible in their responses to economic shocks.
The exception is China, where heterodox policies and significant state intervention have made the economy far less vulnerable to external shocks.
Short-term contracts become a self-fulfilling prophecy, insofar as training is not provided on the job, and hence such workers are less productive and more vulnerable to shocks.
Economically, therefore, the federal budget cushions regional shocks automatically through discretionary action and stabilizing transfers to the states.
The goal is not to absorb shocks but to reduce income gaps across regions.
But failure to address structural problems could expose the economy to external shocks in the long term.
Lacking cyclical vigor in the aftermath of severe recessions, today’s economies are finding it especially difficult to shrug off the impact of shocks and break out of anemic growth trajectories.
Shocks, whether traceable to weather, geopolitical disturbances, strikes, or natural disasters, are the rule, not the exception.
Is there a better way to respond to adverse shocks?
Leaving interest rates on hold in the face of adverse price shocks thus requires a convincing explanation by the ECB of its underlying policy.
Europe is learning that when economic shocks hit, policies that rigidify wage rates and protect existing jobs can only slow--not lessen--the fall of total employment.
Meanwhile, increased equity would advance corporate-sector deleveraging, helping to cushion the financial system against shocks and delivering higher real returns to savers.
My Berkeley colleagues David and Christina Romer, for example, faced an analogous problem when seeking to determine whether monetary-policy shocks affect economic growth.
Doing so allowed them to isolate the impact of monetary shocks on growth.
Today, neither oil exporters nor importers are adequately insulated from price shocks.
So expect big shocks.
The French will undergo major shocks in the years to come, but France might be the only European country standing tall 30 years from now.
But this time around, the Chilean economy was in shape to withstand massive external shocks.
The question today is whether the EU can respond effectively to major external shocks.
It is surely no coincidence that the two biggest political shocks of the year – Brexit and the election of Trump – have come in the two countries that most fervently embraced neoliberal economics.
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