Making dollars and sense of the U.S. government debt

Paul Davidson

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 2010, vol. 32, issue 4, 661-666

Abstract: This paper explain why, given Keynes's General Theory, worries over the size of the government's national debt per se are foolish. It is more important to educate politicians and the public that government fiscal policy should be designed to make sure that aggregate market demand will produce sufficient profits so that entrepreneurs will hire all domestic workers willing and able to work. Empirical evidence is provided to demonstrate the correctness of this concept of fiscal policy of the balancing wheel for full employment effective demand.

Keywords: deficits; national debt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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