Why You Should Get a Raise

Since the global economic crisis of 2008, many of the world’s advanced economies continue to struggle to recover. In many of these countries, growth since the crisis has been much slower than it was in the years prior. Indeed, when we look closely, we see that the 2004-2007 growth average is higher than the 2010-2013 average in just about all the major advanced economies, and that in some countries this difference is very large:

Slowing GDP Growth

What’s holding back recovery? To understand this, we need to understand what kind of economic crisis we’re trying to recover from in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »