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Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Symposium on the Budget Deficit

  • Janet L. Yellen
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 3, no. 2, Spring 1989
(pp. 17–21)
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Abstract

Is the ballooning federal budget deficit a serious economic problem? The papers in this symposium provide four perspectives on this issue. Robert Barro and Robert Eisner disagree sharply with the "majority" opinion concerning deficits. In contrast, Edward Gramlich and Douglas Bernheim are more sympathetic to the view that budget deficits lower national saving and thus contribute to a reduction in future living standards.

Citation

Yellen, Janet L. 1989. "Symposium on the Budget Deficit." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 3 (2): 17–21. DOI: 10.1257/jep.3.2.17

JEL Classification

  • 322 National Government Budgeting and Deficits
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