A Little Consistency, Please

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Paul N. Van de Water

 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2, 2012

"Others have been equally inconsistent.  But both arguments can’t be true.  If cutting government spending in a time of economic slack reduces employment, then increasing government spending must increase employment.  That’s why an overwhelming majority of leading economists surveyed by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business agreed that the stimulus reduced the unemployment rate."

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A Little Consistency, Please