Recession and recovery: the US policy debate on taxes, spending and public debt

Ethan Ilzetzki and Jonathan Pinder

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Abstract: The US economy is still suffering from its most severe recession in seven decades. In the first of a series of US Election Analyses, Ethan Ilzetzki covers the key issue of taxes, spending and public debt, a major point of disagreement between the two candidates, President Obama and Governor Romney.

Keywords: recession; unemployment; public debt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2012-10
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