Does Cutting Government Spending Risk a Recession?
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that cuts in government spending mean less “aggregate demand,” and less “aggregate demand” leads to recessions. Economic experience, however,
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that cuts in government spending mean less “aggregate demand,” and less “aggregate demand” leads to recessions. Economic experience, however,
The standard line for passenger rail travel in the US is that we need a government-subsidized entity like Amtrak because while there
In a candid interview, economist Steve Hanke calls the Trump–Putin Alaska summit “a photo-op,” arguing Russia already holds the upper hand in
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The Federal Reserve has what the New York Times called its “biggest shindig” of the year at Jackson Hole, Wyoming next week.