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National Post - Canada:
Great Depression of Small 'D'?

21 November 2008

The Great Depression obliterated GDP, but Nicholas Bloom, assistant professor of economics at Stanford University, wrote this week that 2009 will be tough but still result in an overall shrinkage in world GDP of 3%.

This article appeared in the National Post Canada on the 21st November 2008.
Link to article.

Related Publications
"The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks: Firm Level Estimation and a 9/11 Simulation" by Nick Bloom, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.718a
"Will the Credit Crunch Lead to Recession?" by Nick Bloom. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 13, Issue 1 Spring 2008
"What Drives Good Management Around the World?" by Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 12, Issue 2 Autumn 2007
Joint McKinsey/CEP Report, ‘Management Practice and Productivity: Why They Matter’ by Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy and John Van Reenen, July 2007.


Related Links
Nick Bloom webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage