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Monthly Archives: October 2010
The US & Europe Could Look South to Re-learn Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
During much of the last decade, U.S. fiscal policy has been procyclical, that is, destabilizing. We wasted the opportunity of the 2003-07 expansion by running large budget deficits. As a result, in 2010, Washington now feels constrained by inherited debts to withdraw fiscal stimulus at a time when unemployment is still high. Fiscal policy in [...] Continue reading