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and the associated great moderation.
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Whether or not we can accept that idea
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as to why financial crisis seems to have been
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the cause of previous recessions where it was not previously,
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the empirical observation stands that
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financial crises are frequent and that not infrequently,
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when there is a financial crisis,
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it leads to some significant
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disruption in real economic activity.
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It follows that the causes of financial crisis
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and the policy response to financial crisis
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need to occupy a larger part of our consideration