Chapter 31: Q.26 (page 762)
Sketch a diagram of how sustained budget deficits cause low economic growth.
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Diagrammatically, it are often shown as done below:
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Chapter 31: Q.26 (page 762)
Sketch a diagram of how sustained budget deficits cause low economic growth.
Diagrammatically, it are often shown as done below:
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What are some fiscal policies for improving the technologies that the economy will have to draw upon in the future?
Assume an economy has a budget surplus of 1,000, private savings of 4,000, and investment of 5,000.
a. Write out a national saving and investment identity for this economy.
b. What will be the balance of trade in this economy?
c. If the budget surplus changes to a budget deficit of 1000, with private saving and investment unchanged, what is the new balance of trade in this economy?
What is the theory of Ricardian equivalence?
In the late 1990s, the U.S. government moved from a budget deficit to a budget surplus and the trade deficit in the U.S. economy grew substantially. Using the national saving and investment identity, what can you say about the direction in which saving and/or investment must have changed in this economy?
Explain whether or not you agree with the premise of the Ricardian equivalence theory that rational people might reason: 鈥淲ell, a higher budget deficit (surplus) means that I鈥檓 just going to owe more (less) taxes in the future to pay off all that government borrowing, so I鈥檒l start saving (spending) now.鈥 Why or why not?
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