Keynesian Economics

We Need Countercyclical Spending, Not Counterintuitive Spending Cuts IFRL-Mindiv-tk-hammonds-743182-unsplash

We Need Countercyclical Spending, Not Counterintuitive Spending Cuts

Erik Kain September 1, 2011

Matt Yglesias points out once again that since we can borrow money at basically negative real interest...

War as stimulus IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-459403

War as stimulus

Erik Kain November 1, 2010

Oh my: Here is where Obama is likely to prevail. With strong Republican support in Congress for...

Growth vs/equal to Prosperity? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.rear-view-of-the-houses-at-schlobfreiheit

Growth vs/equal to Prosperity?

Chris Dierkes March 20, 2009

Will Wilkinson reprints the response of John Cochrane to the Brad DeLong-Luigi Zingales debate at the Economist. ...

Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSo your opinion on the tariffs is immigration?
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Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole "Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity" thing given the tariffs…
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Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The benchmark that makes sense to me: Can it beat Pokemon? 10-year-olds can beat Pokemon.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Apparently, a guy went down to the address and, when the lady who lives there came out of his house,…
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Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The extent to which that thought is comforting compared to "the government is feckless if not malici…
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