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Government Fiscal Policy
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Between 2007 and 2009 theU.S.economy experienced a severe
recession.  In an effort to stimulate the economy, the federal
government passed a stimulus package. Explain the federal governmentÂ’s use of
fiscal policy (the stimulus) to promote growth and employment. Support
your ideas with concepts found in the assigned reading. Include the following
in your response:
- Discuss some actions taken by the federal government and whether the
recession would have been longer and the unemployment rate higher if the
government had not acted by passing the stimulus package?Â
- If left alone, do you believe the economy would have corrected itself
as suggested by Classical economic theory? Explain.
- Discuss the effect these policies had on increasing the size of the budget
deficits and the national debt.
Reference:Â Chapter 9, section 9.4: More Recent Tax
Changes, and Chapter 10, section 10.2: Early 1990s and 2000s Recessions.Â
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