Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt?
Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt?
The United States faces two economic challenges: slow growth and an ever-increasing ratio of debt to GDP. Many policymakers believe they face a dilemma because the policy solutions to the two problems are opposite – lower taxes and/or Keynesian stimulus spending to spur growth only exacerbates the long-run fiscal imbalance. But in a new paper, Cato scholar Jeffrey A. Miron says that policymakers are wrong to see this as a dilemma. Argues Miron, "The United States has a simple path to a brighter economic future: slash expenditures and keep tax rates low."
- "Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt? A Nondilemma," by Jeffrey A. Miron