While fine-targeted spending can foster growth and productivity, that thing you've thought of about having one person digging and other one filling holes is com

While fine-targeted spending can foster growth and productivity, that thing you've thought of about having one person digging and other one filling holes is completely wrong. How do I know? The idiot in charge in my country spent thousands of millions of euros developing that near-sighted idea to no avail. He just kept the housing-bubble men busy for a while longer. And then along came deficit.