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After the stimulus bills of 2020 one would think everyone is a Keynesian (maybe excluding Rand Paul, he probably voted against it).
by hindsightbias 6y ago
After the stimulus bills of 2020 one would think everyone is a Keynesian (maybe excluding Rand Paul, he probably voted against it).
- dragonwriter 6y agoThe 2020 COVID relief wasn’t as much argued on Keynesian stimulus terms as, say, the 2009 ARRA stimulus, but more as disaster relief.
- hindsightbias 6y agoThey just don't want to use the K word.
- imtringued 6y agoIt goes both ways. The government closed businesses, but also gave them resources to stay in business. You can argue it was Keynesian, but you can also argue it wasn't. However, pretty much everything Biden did, was Keynesian.