Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: From Bill Mitchell: 'when a government engages in an #austerity plan designed to ...
From Bill Mitchell:
'when a government engages in an #austerity plan designed to reduce the fiscal deficit & embarks on spending cuts, the resulting multiplied effects on the non-government sector – rising unemployment, lost income, etc – reduces consumption & private #investment expenditure – which push the economy towards or into recession & that results in less tax revenue & higher welfare spending by government – and … a higher fiscal deficit'!
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https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=61607
'when a government engages in an #austerity plan designed to reduce the fiscal deficit & embarks on spending cuts, the resulting multiplied effects on the non-government sector – rising unemployment, lost income, etc – reduces consumption & private #investment expenditure – which push the economy towards or into recession & that results in less tax revenue & higher welfare spending by government – and … a higher fiscal deficit'!
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https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=61607