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4 Reasons Why the Reinhart-Rogoff Fiasco Doesn’t Change Anything
Debt / Economy

4 Reasons Why the Reinhart-Rogoff Fiasco Doesn’t Change Anything

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Tiffany Wen

Two weeks ago, a grad student at UMass Amherst discovered a spreadsheet error in the Reinhart-Rogoff (R-R) paper, a paper that many austerity advocates cited as proof that too much debt cripples economic growth. In the days and weeks after the spreadsheet error fiasco, many were quick to draw significant implications from this event, calling … Continue reading →

Economy / Fiscal policy

Vicious circles and the national debt

Posted on March 29, 2012 by wdportman1 • 1 Comment

By Will Portman Due to vicious circle effects, it becomes more and more expensive to pay off the national debt the more and more debt we accumulate, beyond the obvious fact that it’s a greater burden to pay back a greater sum of money. With each new dollar of deficit spending, we’re not merely digging … Continue reading →

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