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On capital, saving, and investment in the twenty-first century: a reply to Hein

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  • Carl Christian von Weizsäcker

    (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany)

  • Hagen M. Krämer

    (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

Abstract

With our book Saving and Investment in the Twenty-First Century: The Great Divergence (published as open access), we present a comprehensive theoretical explanation as well as empirical evidence for the phenomenon of low interest rates observed in the OECD countries and China and make various economic policy recommendations based on it. We have developed a new capital-theoretical approach to address these important issues. In what follows, we will discuss some of the more critical parts of Eckhard Hein’s otherwise very sympathetic review of our book.

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  • Carl Christian von Weizsäcker & Hagen M. Krämer, 2021. "On capital, saving, and investment in the twenty-first century: a reply to Hein," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Edward Elgar Publishing, vol. 18(3), pages 303–309-3, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:ejeepi:v:18:y:2021:i:3:p303-309
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    Keywords

    capital; saving; investment; macroeconomics; economic policy; public debt; neo-Austriancapital theory; Keynesian economics; natural rate of interest;
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    JEL classification:

    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
    • E14 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Austrian; Evolutionary; Institutional
    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

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