Chapter 31: Q.13 (page 761)
What are some fiscal policies for improving a society’s human capital?
Short Answer
SPending on education, healthcare, skill development, welfare programs
Chapter 31: Q.13 (page 761)
What are some fiscal policies for improving a society’s human capital?
SPending on education, healthcare, skill development, welfare programs
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Explain why the government might prefer to provide incentives to private firms to do investment or research and development, rather than simply doing the spending itself?
Sketch a diagram of how sustained budget deficits cause low economic growth.
The U.S. government has shut down a number of times in recent history. Explain how a government shutdown will affect the variables in the national investment and savings identity. Could the shutdown affect the government budget deficit?
During the most recent recession, some economists argued that the change in the interest rates that comes about due to deficit spending implied in the demand and supply of financial capital graph would not occur. A simple reason was that the government was stepping in to invest when private firms were not. Using a graph, explain how the use by government in investment offsets the deficit demand.
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