Zócalo Public SquareThe Stimulus-Sequester Seesaw – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Stimulus-Sequester Seesaw https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/05/14/the-stimulus-sequester-seesaw/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/05/14/the-stimulus-sequester-seesaw/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Tue, 14 May 2013 07:01:10 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=47825 Over the past year, the United States has seesawed from stimulus to sequester. Right now, we’re cutting spending in order to reduce the nation’s deficit, but in President Obama’s first term, we spent in order to stimulate the nation’s moribund economy. Will we, and the rest of the world, choose to stay on this path of austerity—which Europe is hoping will bring the E.U. out of its current economic crisis? Or will we try to save ourselves by spending? In advance of “Is Economic Austerity Good For Us?”, a Zócalo event, we asked people who study and write about economics and public policy: What will determine whether the politics of austerity will (and should) prevail in the coming years?

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]]> Over the past year, the United States has seesawed from stimulus to sequester. Right now, we’re cutting spending in order to reduce the nation’s deficit, but in President Obama’s first term, we spent in order to stimulate the nation’s moribund economy. Will we, and the rest of the world, choose to stay on this path of austerity—which Europe is hoping will bring the E.U. out of its current economic crisis? Or will we try to save ourselves by spending? In advance of “Is Economic Austerity Good For Us?”, a Zócalo event, we asked people who study and write about economics and public policy: What will determine whether the politics of austerity will (and should) prevail in the coming years?

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