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What impact does government deficit spending have on the economy? Do large government debts crowd out investment?
U.S. Budget Deficit - Five Key Questions
Article discusses five key questions about the predicted $482 billion U.S. federal budget deficit announced on July 29, 2008.
On Spending, Bush is no Reagan
I wonder how much longer the media is going to refer to George W. Bush as a conservative. The American government currently seems to be anti-Free Trade and pro-big government, two things you would not expect from a supposedly conservative President. I was happy to see this morning that I was not the only one to notice this.
Third World Debt Crises - The Jamaican Experience
This paper will explore specifically whether developed or developing countries should be held accountable for causing and by extension alleviating this crisis. Jamaica's debt position will also be comparatively analyzed in a bid to ascertain the extent to which there is an unusual difficulty in servicing debt or in other words a crisis exists.

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