Friday, 30 January 2009

Bang for the buck on public spending

There is a big debate amongst economists at the moment about the need for and effectiveness of a fiscal stimulus package (see Jonathan's post about Barro vs Krugman).
This article by Paul Krugman about dynamic scoring and the "bang for the buck" on public spending in the US basically asks: how should we measure the cost of effective fiscal stimulus?

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