'Big government' hurts growth? It's not as simple as that
- Written by Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Casual Academic, RMIT University
How harmful are big governments?shutterstockSince the late 1970s it has largely been the consensus that “big government” is detrimental to growth. This manifested after the financial crisis when countries, including previously fiscally-comfortable countries like Germany and the UK, adopted austerity programs, ostensibly to spur growth...
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