Keynesian Economics and Deficit Spending with Jacob Clifford

In this video I explain Keynesian economics, the idea of the multiplier effect, the broken window fallacy, and the tradeoffs of government spending to get out of a recession. Be sure to leave a comment and tell me what you think of John Maynard Keynes. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe!
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I do appreciate how you always show both sides of the argument. I think the idea behind Keynes is to pay back the debt at some point, when the economy is healthy. That's why it bothers me when politicians want to keep increasing the debt even when the economy is healthy.

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"The debt" is the money, as the economy grows there's more need for money to make transactions otherwise you get deflation which you don't want. The debt aka money needs to keep growing unless you radically want to cool down the economy, which is the opposite problem we've had for the last decades.

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@@ArturHonzawa Not quite. The government takes out loans which crowds out private investment. If the economic is in a recession, you have a liquidity trap, which means private investment wasn't going to happen anyway, but in a healthy economy, you need to cut the spending to put it back in the hands of the private sector.

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@@kunallobo4136 That I totally agree with I think. But by "cutting back" do you mean decreasing the debt? Because that would mean reducing the quantity of money when the GDP is growing and surely you don't want to do it past the point where you're creating deflation right? Shouldn't you adjust money creation (aka the debt) to the target inflation of 2%, whether that means increasing or decreasing debt?

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I guess if I have to explain it, it's not that funny. The joke is that Keynes was big into burying things.

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+Tallformyheight Spoken like a true economist. The people we need to be afraidof are the ones who adamantly support a policy but don't recognize the cost. Unfortunately, sometimes that's the politicians.

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No mention of the other part of Keynes: that governments should save and cut taxes during times of prosperity? The problem isn't with Keynes (who I admit had some really good insights about economics), but the application. There has to be a point of diminishing returns with government spending, let alone stimulating the economy is a recipe for corruption (we have infrastructure that is crumbling, and very little of the economic stimulus was spent on that). Ultimately most economic thought is neither good or bad, but I question who it really serves.

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+quintessenceSL Good point! Cronny capitalism is a problem and the people often best served are the wealthy.

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+ACDCLeadership It's more than crony capitalism , but outright corruption. Even with a perfect understanding of economics, it would all fall apart with corruption. Even the most ardent laissez-faire supporters understand that a degree of regulation is needed to support free markets and Hayek even conceded some degree of socialism is needed for a healthy economy, but the corollary restricting government interference/spending with the market isn't there. Keynes himself heavily backtracked on his ideas seeing what post-war England was becoming. Seeing the level of debit England carries 60 years onward would have made him think more heavily about controls.

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I learned about Keynesian Economics. It was never to be use as a long term solution. Keynesian Economics was a short term solution, such as increasing government spending and cutting taxes to increase GDP during recessions. But once you plug in the effects of government spending and tax cuts in the long run, it decreases GDP

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I find that so many people misunderstand Keynesianism. People think Keynesian economics is just socialism and wealth redistribution, disguised as economic theory I usually describe it to people by explaining the multiplier effect as “Johnny spends 1 dollar (insert explanation here) and now you’ve had 8 or more dollars in total spending in the economy. Keynesianism just means that the government can supply that 1 dollar during a recession.” It’s obv a simplistic explanation, but I find that people generally understand it pretty easily, and it explains it well enough to reduce any reflexive outrage people have

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+James Craver Good point. We can theorize all day, but even when we look at what countries are doing better some complain that it is becuase no two economies and cultures are identical. I agree with you though. We have to look at the data, not just the textbook.

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[@eveninggreys3190]

Government spending would feel the full weight of the multiplier effect since governments don't have a marginal propensity to save as ordinary households do. Indeed, every dollar of the fiscal stimulus would be spent to get spending going, as opposed to if every household's marginal propensity to consume is subtracted from total income and spent instead of total income. The only reason a government would implement fiscal stimulus would be if households and the private sector weren't spending anyway, so the conjecture that "individuals can spend better than government's because individuals know what they want" is ill-disposed when put into Keynes' theoretical context because it forgets that the economy is in recession and that combating the recession must be prioritized. Nevertheless a good video. Definitely subscribing. Your channel is a very convenient review for anyone who is familiar with the concept but needs to be reminded a thing or two.

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I think the multiplier effect could also be seen as the inspiration of reagans trickle down economics idea.

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