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> When PM Liz Truss tried, it ended with disaster.

The plan Liz Truss proposed was to scrap the top rate of income tax, i.e. giving a tax break to the rich.

And the markets, understanding that it was exactly what the economy needed, reacted accordingly. By crashing.



You have a point, I guess.

I'm wildly interested what's your (and hn community's in general) proposed macro policy mix. When accounted for workforce changes (demography+participation), there was absolutely no economic growth in all developed EU economies (+UK) since the GFC. Zero productivity growth.

That's stark difference compared to US. Did Europe over-auster when US massively increased it's debt? But , as above-mentioned example shows, fiscal expansion can be challenging…




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