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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Cutting spending in a weak economy reduces output employment and the effects are powerful.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
Cutting spending in a weak economy reduces output employment and the effects are powerful.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse critiques the idea of 'expansionary austerity' as ineffective.

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