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Ezra starts from the insight that Rogoff and Reinhart warned anyone listening that recessions born of financial crises are particularly intractable to the usual counter-cyclical attack.
Jared Bernstein: The Self-Imposed Limits of Reaction to a Crisis Jared Bernstein 2011
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This allowed them to adopt strong counter-cyclical monetary and fiscal policies.
Abebe Aemro Selassie: Confessions of a Dismal Scientist -- Africa's Resilience Abebe Aemro Selassie 2011
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Since states need to balance their budgets, recessions normally force them to engage in pro-cyclical cutbacks rather than counter-cyclical expansions.
Matthew Yglesias » Senator Ensign Thinks States Can Cut Back Without Cutting Anything Back 2009
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Ezra starts from the insight that Rogoff and Reinhart warned anyone listening that recessions born of financial crises are particularly intractable to the usual counter-cyclical attack.
Jared Bernstein: The Self-Imposed Limits of Reaction to a Crisis Jared Bernstein 2011
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Burns said China had the resources and the political will to mount a counter-cyclical policy, but was unlikely to be able to boost its economy as quickly as it did three years ago.
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We do know that government spending and investment can, at least * sometimes*, create a counter-cyclical effect that helps bring us out of a recession.
Matthew Yglesias » McConnell: Spending Can’t Work Except When It Can 2009
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It's taking too long for so-called shovel-ready projects to get going -- making it difficult to use public works programs as a counter-cyclical remedy.
Mitch Rofsky: Facing Midterm Results: Do Liberals Really Want a One-Term Presidency? Mitch Rofsky 2010
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The built-in lag in adjusting home assessments has become a government policymakers dream: It is a counter-cyclical tax that can generate more revenue in bad times, raising collections at a time when other economically sensitive taxes falter.
Home Slump? Not on Tax Bill Josh Barbanel 2010
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Keynes would not have been so worried about a balanced budget and deficit reduction during a crisis, but he would have approved of spending cuts and tax hikes during the upswing - he was a firm believer in counter-cyclical government spending.
John Maynard Keynes: The master and the doctor | Editorial 2011
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Recession has to be fought also with counter-cyclical measures, i.e., deficit financing to promote our economic interests.
Nake M. Kamrany: The Current Budget Gridlock Nake M. Kamrany 2011
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