Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/277198 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Citation: 
[Journal:] Intervention. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies [ISSN:] 2195-3376 [Volume:] 07 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2010 [Pages:] 401-413
Publisher: 
Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg
Abstract: 
This paper provides a simple model of deleveraging that surfaces the contradictions inherent in neoliberal financialization and explains the pattern of US business cycles over the past thirty years. Deleveraging involves a two step correction. The first step is when a borrowing boom ends. The second step is when agents increase saving and re-pay debt. Borrowing accelerates economic activity as consumers spend. When borrowing stops, the economy slows. Moreover, the economy is further slowed by accumulated debt burdens. With deleveraging, households increase saving and re-pay debt which deepens the economic slowdown. Repayment reduces debt, helping economic activity eventually to recover.
Subjects: 
deleveraging
debt
financialization
JEL: 
E20
E30
E32
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Document Type: 
Article

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