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Revision to GDP makes it clear Fiscal Multiplier was Gigantic
Lots of conservative economists claim the stimulus didn’t amount to much. Turns out – quelle surprise! (heh.) – that they were totally wrong. Their claims were based on the initial measurement of the...
View ArticleThe TC Rule and stuff that’s easy to see
I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for a long time, and here Matt Yglesias beats me too it. One reason to use inflation and unemployment as the inputs to any rules for fiscal policy is...
View ArticleWhy Monetary Policy Sucks, Part 2: It promotes debt slavery
I was thinking a ton about debt slavery during the day, and then my ol’ man beowulf chimed in: “Michael Hudson’s made the point that banks want property taxes as low as possible so they can expand the...
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