Assume an open, mixed economy (C + I + G + X = real GDP) and an MPS of .2. Explain if it would be expansionary, contractionary, or useless to the economy to increase government expenditures by $50 billion and also increase taxes by $50 billion. Show your work.
President John F. Kennedy proposed a tax cut in the early 1960s. He said, "It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise tax revenues in the long run is to cut tax rates now." In your own words, explain this statement.