{"id":27194,"date":"2019-03-28T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=27194"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:56:03","slug":"the-effectiveness-and-primacy-of-fiscal-policy-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2019\/03\/28\/the-effectiveness-and-primacy-of-fiscal-policy-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The effectiveness and primacy of fiscal policy \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economic Outlook <\/em>has the article The effectiveness and primacy of fiscal policy \u2013 Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nA firm will not invest, no matter how low the funding costs go, if they do not think they can sell the extra output that the increased productive capacity would produce.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When people ask me why pumping more liquidity into the economy via low interest rates does not stimulate investment, I have a quaint way to explain this. I ask \u201cWhat part of no freakin\u2019 customers do you not understand?\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is a partial list of posts where I have expressed my quaint aphorism <\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The Effectiveness of Large-Scale Asset Purchases<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. MODERN MONEY THEORY: How I came to MMT and what I include in MMT<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Robert Reich destroys Right Wing economist attempt to sell GOP tax cuts (VIDEO)<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Fed keeps U.S. rates steady, to start portfolio drawdown in October<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. The Global Corporate Saving Glut<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. The ECB\u2019s Original Sin and Franco Modigliani\u2019s Long View<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. The Washington Consensus and Long-Term Austerity in Latin America<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Hillary Clinton Roundtable in New Hampshire<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Banking Hearing on Income Inequality<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. 20 U.S. companies that paid 0% in taxes<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Central bankers issue strong warning on asset bubbles<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Turn That (Deficit) Frown Upside Down<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Corporations Are Generating So Much Cash It Is Sloshing Around<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have been yearning for an article like this one from an MMT expert. This is the first time I have heard one of these experts give a definitive and detailed explanation of why fiscal policy is a stronger tool than monetary policy to stimulate an economy. In fact, I thought I once heard L. Randall Wray say the opposite.<\/p>\n

    \n

    April 2, 2019<\/p>\n

    I have links to all three parts of the series in a subsequent post The effectiveness and primacy of fiscal policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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