1. Debt-Fix and Chill.
- Author
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COVERT, BRYCE and KONCZAL, MIKE
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PUBLIC debts , *GREAT Recession, 2008-2013 , *KEYNESIAN economics , *ECONOMIC development , *AUSTERITY - Abstract
The article discusses the paper "When Should Public Debt Be Reduced?" by Jonathan Ostry, Atish Ghosh, and Raphael Espinoza of the multinational organization International Monetary Fund (IMF) in relation to U.S. public debt. Topics include the impact of the Great Recession on U.S. public debt, Kenynesian aspects of government spending and taxation, and the relation of economic growth to paying down public debt.
- Published
- 2015