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| 07679. DOES SOUND ECONOMIC POLICY REQUIRE A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET? Pro and con discussion, looking at historical roots of attitudes before Keynes; Keynes contribution and the postwar "countercyclical" orthodoxy; how economic problems of l970s have brought new attitudes symbolized by Paul Volcker, Martin Feldstein, Helmut Schmidt, and Arthur Burns: deficits do contribute to inflationary psychology and high interest rates which impede recovery. Conclusion: small countercyclical deficits OK, but large persistent deficits are a real problem. 8 pages, 19 footnotes, 11 bibliographic sources. |
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