Economics
Ignored for Years, a Radical Economic Theory Is Gaining Converts
- From discipline's margins, new theory challenges deficit taboo
- Calls for fiscal help are growing as post-2008 recovery lags
Peter Orszag Weighs in on Monetary Policy
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In an American election season that’s turned into a bonfire of the orthodoxies, one taboo survives pretty much intact: Budget deficits are dangerous.
A school of dissident economists wants to toss that one onto the flames, too.