China Embraces Keynes
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In a move intended to counter slowing economic growth, China announced its largest ever fiscal stimulus plan of four trillion yuan ($586 billion). The two year package, which includes spending on health care, education, and infrastructure projects, was welcomed by economists and investors who hope that China can serve as a locomotive for the world. Should the rest of the world follow suit with large fiscal stimulus plans of their own?
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