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foolsguinea) wrote2012-01-11 12:05 am
foolsguinea) wrote2012-01-11 12:05 am
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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/british-debt-history/
That uptick at the end — you’ll see it if you squint — is what’s driving the Cameron government’s insistence on slashing spending in a liquidity trap.
It’s also interesting to note — contrary to what you often hear — that at the time Keynes was writing, and calling for fiscal stimulus, Britain was substantially deeper in debt than Britain or the United States are now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-understands-debt.html
That uptick at the end — you’ll see it if you squint — is what’s driving the Cameron government’s insistence on slashing spending in a liquidity trap.
It’s also interesting to note — contrary to what you often hear — that at the time Keynes was writing, and calling for fiscal stimulus, Britain was substantially deeper in debt than Britain or the United States are now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-understands-debt.html