Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2000:1

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Contents include: “Raising the Speed Limit: U.S. Economic Growth in the Information Age.” Dale W. Jorgenson and Kevin J. Stiroh “Roots of the Recent Recoveries: Labor Reforms or Private Sector Forces?” Jean-Paul Fitoussi, David Jestaz, Edmund S. Phelps, and Gylfi Zoega “Near-Rational Wage and Price Setting and the Optimal Rates of Inflation and Unemployment.” George A. Akerlof, William T. Dickens, and George L. Perry “The Stock Market and Investment in the New Economy: Some Tangible Facts and Intangible Fictions.” Stephen R. Bond and Jason G. Cummins

William C. Brainard is professor of economics at Yale University. George L. Perry is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution.