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It’s a little absurd that we're still discussing “the belief that government can drive growth” as if it were a matter of religion, which we must either accept on faith, or deny. While there certainly are legitimate discussions we can have about...
wsj.com/articles/behin…
It’s a little absurd that we're still discussing “the belief that government can drive growth” as if it were a matter of religion, which we must either accept on faith, or deny. While there certainly are legitimate discussions we can have about...
wsj.com/articles/behin…
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the kinds of social and political institutions we want – for example the tradeoff between government efficiency and constraints on government power – there can be no question at all that government intervention can indeed promote growth, sometimes spectacularly, just as...
the kinds of social and political institutions we want – for example the tradeoff between government efficiency and constraints on government power – there can be no question at all that government intervention can indeed promote growth, sometimes spectacularly, just as...
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it can hamper growth, depending on the underlying conditions and the specific policies. Anyone who cannot easily point to cases of either knows next to nothing about economic history. To object to government intervention, as Kevin Hassett seems to in this article, on...
it can hamper growth, depending on the underlying conditions and the specific policies. Anyone who cannot easily point to cases of either knows next to nothing about economic history. To object to government intervention, as Kevin Hassett seems to in this article, on...
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the grounds that “the laws of economics can’t be repealed,” is about as intelligent as objecting because “what goes up must come down”, or because “a stitch in time saves nine”: it is meaningless.
the grounds that “the laws of economics can’t be repealed,” is about as intelligent as objecting because “what goes up must come down”, or because “a stitch in time saves nine”: it is meaningless.
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