The Independent Reading explained the standard view of how to handle an economic downturn: had been to allow it to run its course at the beginning of the Great Depression, included cutting taxes and interest rates at the beginning of the Great Depression. O had been to allow it to run its course at the beginning of the Great Recession included temporarily increasing government spending at the beginning of the Great Depression.

The Independent Reading explained the standard view of how to handle an economic downturn: had been to allow it to run its course at the beginning of the Great Depression, included cutting taxes and interest rates at the beginning of the Great Depression. O had been to allow it to run its course at the beginning of the Great Recession included temporarily increasing government spending at the beginning of the Great Depression.

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Chapter19: The Macroeconomic Perspective

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