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Janerik Larsson
Janerik Larsson
Efter första kvartalet i år redovisar USA riktigt dåliga siffror: In the first quarter of 2014, GDP in the U.S. plunged at a 2.9% annual rate, and productivity—the inflation-adjusted business output per hour worked—declined at a 3.5% annual rate, skriver två ekonomiprofessorer i Wall Street Journal och de ger också receptet på hur detta ska vända:
”There are clear solutions to these problems. Immigration reform that increases the pool of skilled workers and potential new entrepreneurs. Tax reform that reduces and equalizes marginal tax rates on capital income, including reducing the corporate income tax, which currently exceeds 40% in some states. Reforming Dodd-Frank to make it easier and cheaper for small business to obtain loans. Reducing the regulatory burden on all businesses. In the absence of these reforms, there is little reason to believe that the depressed rate of new business creation will reverse itself. And if the trend is not reversed, then the current shortfall of $1 trillion per year in lost output due to lost productivity will continue.”
En av författarna är 2004 års Nobelpristagare i ekonomi Edward C. Prescott.