Friday, January 23, 2009

THE MYTH OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING MULTIPLIER

Robert Barro makes (link) a strong case on why Keynesian spending multiplier is a theoretical illusion resulted from the fact that government purchases can be hardly separated from real fluctuations.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I managed to find your website and I read that article. That was the most idiotic piece of crap I've ever read.

RFC said...

Hmmmm... Dr. Barro's opinion versus anonymous internet poster's opinion.

That is a hard one.