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The Parties' Flip-Flops on Deficit Spending: Economics or Politics?

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Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University)

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Not long ago, Republicans were trying to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. Democrats were skeptical, overwhelmingly Keynesian, and believed that deficit spending had ended the Great Depression. Under Rubinomics the positions began to switch: Democrats became the defenders of fiscal orthodoxy. Now Bush has cut taxes for the rich and caused huge deficits. Is the flip-flop just politics?

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Article provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its journal The Economists' Voice.

Volume (Year): 1 (2004)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 2
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Keywords: deficits deficit spending Greenspan Bush Rubin Keynes

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  1. Rafael Domenech & Javier Andres, 2005. "Fiscal Rules and Macroeconomic Stability," Working Papers 0501, International Economics Institute, University of Valencia, revised Nov 2005. [Downloadable!]
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