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How much financial regulation will adequately reduce future systemic threats to the financial sector To what extent can international authorities legally oversee the financial activities and outcomes of other transnational entities This title deals with these questions.

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Discusses a variety of issues connected with deindustrialization and diminished competitiveness. The authors distinguish between problems that would be of real concern and those that should not. They also evaluate explanations for slow growth in aggregate productivity in the United States and its relation to slower growth in other industrialized countries.

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The collapse of U.S. productivity growth since the late 1960s has been the most severe and persistent of recent economic problems. This volume reviews the extent of the growth slowdown, evaluates several contributing factors, and suggests strategies for improvement.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-sponsored enterprises that played a prominent role in the financial crisis of 2008, and the federal government have come to a crossroads.