"A Brief Guide to the US Stimulus and Austerity Debates"
Should we allow the fiscal cliff, with its across-the-board spending cuts and big tax increases that will affect almost every American, to take effect? Economists have been weighing in on such fiscal policy questions in what seems to be the most intense election-year debate in many years. To help our readers keep track of this debate, we offer a list of some of the specious arguments against fiscal stimulus and for austerity, together with our responses.
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2012-10
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Authors: | Hannsgen, Greg |
Institutions: | Levy Economics Institute |
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