Fiscal Deficit

Governments must spend away the debt

November 26, 2009 July 4, 2011 / Central Banks, Debt, Fiscal Conservatives, Fiscal Deficit, Government Borrowing, Interest Rates, Public Spending, Uncategorized

25th November, 2009 Dear patient readers of this blog…please find below my latest Huff Post post. Some may wonder why I cheered when White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel announced that the president plans to cut the deficit, because he “does not want to keep on adding to the debt.” It’s no secret that …

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June 12, 2009 June 19, 2009 / Financial Crisis, Fiscal Deficit, Unemployment

I have been travelling again, this time to visit my frail and elderly mother in South Africa. I was there for President Zuma’s first ‘State of the Union’ Address, and will write more about the country of my birth in the next post. In the meantime wanted to add this piece – on economic optimism …

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Ann Pettifor

Fiscal Deficit