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Oil prices and consumer spending.

…a share of personal consumption expenditures or consumer spending. In the 1970s energy consumption rose from about 6% to 9% of spending, or about 50%. In the early 2000s energy

Growth Theory v. Monetary Economics: Mandel v. Thoma

…consumption and the budget deficit in order to free up more money for business investment … The growth proponents give equal weight to both technology and investment. They argue that…

Not A DSGE Model

…is constly to adjust the rate of investment even though no one found this plausbile a priori. They do not distinguish between housing investment, non-residential fixed investment and inventory investment….