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  2. Financial repression - Wikipedia

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    Financial repression "played an important role in reducing debt-to-GDP ratios after World War II" by keeping real interest rates for government debt below 1% for two-thirds of the time between 1945 and 1980, the United States was able to "inflate away" the large debt (122% of GDP) left over from the Great Depression and World War II. [2]

  3. Ronald McKinnon (economist) - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Ian McKinnon (10 July 1935 – 1 October 2014) was an applied economist.His primary interests were international economics and economic development, with strong secondary interests in transitional economies and fiscal federalism.

  4. Economic repression - Wikipedia

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    Economic repression comprises various actions to restrain certain economical activities or social groups involved in economic activities. It contrasts with economic liberalization . Economists note widespread economic repression in developing countries .

  5. Great Recession in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The financial sector sharply expanded, in part because investment banks were going public, bringing them vast sums of stockholder capital. From 1978 to 2008, the average salary for workers outside of investment banking in the U.S. increased from $40k to $50k [ 14 ] – a 25 percent salary increase - while the average salary in investment ...

  6. Great Recession - Wikipedia

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    In the final quarter of 2008, the financial crisis saw the G-20 group of major economies assume a new significance as a focus of economic and financial crisis management. The crisis accelerated the financialization of states around the world, as governments increased the use of market instruments to achieve public goals through approaches like ...

  7. Post–World War II economic expansion - Wikipedia

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    This period also saw financial repression—low nominal interest rates and low or negative real interest rates (nominal rates lower than inflation plus taxation), via government policy—resulting respectively in debt servicing costs being low (low nominal rates) and in liquidation of existing debt (via inflation and taxation). [12]

  8. Category:Fiscal policy - Wikipedia

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    F. Carbon fee and dividend; Financial position of the United States; Financial repression; Fisc; Fiscal adjustment; Fiscal burden of government; Fiscal capacity

  9. Tax - Wikipedia

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    Financial repression: Government policies such as interest-rate caps on government debt, financial regulations such as reserve requirements and capital controls, and barriers to entry in markets where the government owns or controls businesses. [34]