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Keynesian Policies and the National Debt

Thursday, February 4th, 2010


While it is true that the net federal government debt rose from about $3 billion in 1939 to over $22 billion by 1975. In practice, it is common for budget deficits to be financed by a combination of borrowing and “printing,” a practice that can be economically beneficial as long as the “printing” of money is kept within reasonable limits.

Part B: The National Debt

We have seen that the use of government fiscal policy to stimulate the economy during recessions requires that the government borrow money (mostly through bond issues) in order to finance its budget deficits. The total amount of federal government debt thus incurred – the amount of money owed by the federal government – is called the “National Debt.” By 1983 the National Debt will amount to over $100 billion, or nearly $4000 for every man, woman, and child in Canada.

The National Debt has, over the years, been the subject of a great deal of misunderstandings, fears, myths and political hypocrisy. Many Canadians believe, for instance, that the National Debt is owed to other countries and that Canada may go bankrupt because of it. Both of these are myths. On the other hand, few Canadians appreciate the real dangers concerning the National Debt. We will examine first the myths, then the real dangers.

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Keynesian Policies to Stabilize the Economy

Friday, August 14th, 2009


To stabilize the economy the government must spend more than it takes in in tax revenues, or run a “budget deficit.” This was considered unthinkable among orthodox economists, for whom the idea of always balancing the budget (keeping expenditures and tax revenues equal) was sacred.

     Keyenes’ new ideas concerning the role of the government in the economy created a furor in academic, business and government circles. Conservative thinkers saw his ideas as a radical (perhaps even communistic) threat to the free-enterprise system. To others, his theories represented perhaps the only way to save the economic system from its own self-destructive tendency toward depressions.

     While controversy and uncertainty prevented Keynes’ proposed policies from being used significantly in the 1930′s, the outbreak of the Second World War after 1939 forced governments to increase their spending dramatically without offsetting increases in taxes, that is to have large budget deficits. The economic results were equally dramatic, as the economy recovered quickly and unemployment virtually disappeared. For many, the debate had been won – not by theories, but by actual experience.

     After the Second World War ended in 1945, a new philosophy concerning the role of the government in the economy developed. “Keynesian” economics, introduced against considerable conservative opposition into university programs, became the basis for the acceptance by government of its responsibility for the level of employment in the economy. In its 1945 White Paper on Employment and Incomes, the federal government accepted responsibility for maintaining a “high and stable level of employment” in the economy and stated that “The Government will be prepared in periods when unemployment threatens to incur the deficits…resulting from its employment and income policy, whether that policy in the circumstances is best applied through increased expenditures or reduced taxation.” Laissez faire had been abandoned; the government had become committed to influencing the direction of the entire economy.

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