Theory and practice of overcoming an economic crisis (on the Nobel Prize in economics in 2022)
https://doi.org/10.26794/2220-6469-2023-17-1-56-67
Abstract
The article analyzes the Nobel Prize winners in economics of the 2022’s research results. The author explains the meaning of the terms which are necessary for the analysis: money multiplier, liquidity, mortgage, mortgage bonds. In addition, the psychological factor in the formation of critical situations in the banking sector is considered the way it was interpreted by the winners. The article analyzes the reasons which led to the lower position of the USSR’s and modern Russia’s money multiplier compared to the position of the multiplier of the countries with developed market economies including, first of all, the USA. The paper also discusses the role which the “real bills doctrine” played in the activity of the US Federal Reserve System and Ben Bernank personally. Ben Bernank’s cautious line of behavior during the overcoming the 2008 crisis is described. The model of liquidity dynamics which belongs to the laureates and that is vividly discussed in the scientific community is considered in detail.
About the Author
Y. P. Voronov
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering,
Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yuri P. Voronov — Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Leading Researcher
Novosibirsk
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Voronov Y.P. Theory and practice of overcoming an economic crisis (on the Nobel Prize in economics in 2022). The world of new economy. 2023;17(1):56-67. https://doi.org/10.26794/2220-6469-2023-17-1-56-67
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