In the posts ahead, I look forward to discussing the origins and consequences of this stagnation, its exceptions, and the ways we might see our way out of its absurdities.
But both men, like their counterparts elsewhere in the region, seem to realise that the only alternative to pressing forward with their reforms, however unpopular, is to see their countries slide backwards into economic stagnation, deeper poverty and still worse unrest.
Gordon which puts forward the hypothesis that humanity is running out of capacity for economic growth and that we need to prepare for great stagnation.