Fiscal Policy
Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, automatic stabilizers, crowding out, and the national debt
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Study expansionary fiscal policy (increase G, decrease T) and contractionary fiscal policy (decrease G, increase T), discretionary vs automatic stabilizers, time lags, the crowding-out effect, budget deficits and surpluses, and the national debt.
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Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, automatic stabilizers, crowding out, and the national debt
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