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Deficit spending

Within the budgetary process, deficit spending is the amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time, also called simply deficit, or budget deficit, the opposite of budget surplus. The term may be applied to the budget of a government, private company, or individual. A central point of controversy in economics, government…

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Structural and cyclical deficit

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related to Bibliography · 37
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related to Fiscal conservatism · 15
Deficit spending → Adam Smith, Advocates, Chicago, European Monetary Union, Fiscal, GDP, Great Depression, Growth Pact, Keynesianism, Numerous, Proponents, Stability, The, Treasury View, United States
related to Government deficits · 9
Deficit spending → Central Bank, Deficit, For, GDP, Governments, Otherwise, See Crowding, They, When
related to Automatic vs. active deficit policies · 7
Deficit spending → Active, For, Kennedy, Most, Often, President John, Vietnam
related to Controversy · 6
Deficit spending → Government, Great Depression, Keynesian, The, This, WWII
related to Keynesian effect · 6
Deficit spending → Following John Maynard Keynes, GDP, Okun's, The, This, When
is a · 4
Deficit spending → amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time, central point of controversy in economics, Government-Household analogy, larger cause
related to Post-Keynesian economics · 4
Deficit spending → Chartalism, Chartalists, In, Some Post-Keynesian
related to Structural and cyclical deficit · 3
Deficit spending → Structural, The, These

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Deficit spendingis aGovernment-Household analogy0.90text
Deficit spendingis alarger cause0.90text
wealth taxesinstance ofOther sources of tax revenue0.80text
notably property taxesinstance ofOther sources of tax revenue0.80text
are not subject to recessionsinstance ofOther sources of tax revenue0.80text
though they are subject to asset price bubblesinstance ofOther sources of tax revenue0.80text
inflationinstance ofleaving the economy with side-effects0.80text
Deficit spendingrelated to Automatic vs. active deficit policiesMost0.60section
Deficit spendingrelated to Automatic vs. active deficit policiesActive0.60section
Deficit spendingrelated to Automatic vs. active deficit policiesOften0.60section

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