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The fiscal responsibilities of government

In: A Modern Guide to State Intervention

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  • Malcolm Sawyer

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Sawyer focuses on the fiscal responsibilities of governments and the nature of the objectives to be achieved through fiscal policies, examines the nature of the government budget position (deficit or surplus), and considers the difficulties and constraints of using budget position to achieve full employment. However, government spending has to be financed in the sense of the agency undertaking the expenditure being in prior possession of purchasing power.

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  • Malcolm Sawyer, 2019. "The fiscal responsibilities of government," Chapters, in: Nikolaos Karagiannis & John E. King (ed.), A Modern Guide to State Intervention, chapter 3, pages 85-96, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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