It is the fruit of life-long research, and it deserves a wide readership. The book is also highly accessible for a work of this nature, without skimping at all on technical details—an almost impossible combination to pull off.
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They said that taxpayers would anticipate the debt caused by deficit spending. Consumers would save today to pay off future debt.
Deficit spending would spur savings, not increase demand or economic growth. The rational expectations theory inspired the New Keynesians. They said that monetary policy is more potent than fiscal policy. If done right, expansionary monetary policy would negate the need for deficit spending. They would merely adjust the money supply.
President Roosevelt tried to ease the effects of the Great Depression by spending on job creation programs. He created Social Security, the U. President Ronald Reagan promised to reduce government spending and taxes. He called these traditional Republican policies, Reaganomics. He cut income taxes and the corporate tax rate. Instead of reducing the debt, Reagan more than doubled it.
But that helped end the recession. Bill Clinton's expansionary economic policies fostered a decade of prosperity. He created more jobs than any other president. Homeownership was The poverty rate dropped to Obamacare slowed the growth of health care costs. International Monetary Fund. Franklin D. Treasury Direct. Yonkers Public Schools. Accessed Jan. Library of Congress. National Archives and Records Administration. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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