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- From: jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe)
- Subject: Re: A Supply Side Call to Arms
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 10:02:36 EST
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- In article <1992Nov15.190249.11564@midway.uchicago.edu>, thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov14.172226.5605@desire.wright.edu> demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man) writes:
- |> > GDP growth rate, 1982-1990: 3.5% Up 102% from 1980--equivalent to an
- |> >economy the size of Germany was created. Even after infation, GDP was up by an
- |> >astounding 31% from 1982-1990.
- |>
- |> The first number, of course, is meaningless. As for the second, it's
- |> a tribute to three trillion dollars of Keynesian deficit spending, no?
- |>
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- I don't know, spending under Bush rose 28%. Spending as a percentage
- of GNP went from approx. 21% to over 25%. Shouldn't we be seeing
- the wonders of Keynesian deficit spending? We've increased spending
- and the economy has gone flat. Seems like there is more to getting
- the economy going that spending more money.
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