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Contraction, Still Contractionary

A new IMF paper (pdf) puts another nail in the coffin of the doctrine of expansionist austerity. It essentially shows the results tending to show economic growth as a result of spending cuts and / or tax increases were based on a statistical illusion: a growing economy can often lead to rising incomes and / or spending decreases (for example, because the expenses of a safety net or fall because the government cut back in an attempt to cool inflationary pressures). And consequently, which capture Alesina, Ardagna results is confused by the reverse causality.

The paper corrects this by using the historical record to identify true examples of deliberate austerity — and it turns out that they are contractionary. The multiplier is less than one, but that may reflect the fact that these austerity programs did not take place in the face of a zero lower bound, so they were partly offset by monetary expansion.

The paper also provides a tentative answer to the apparent tendency of spending cuts to be less contractionary than tax increases: it looks as if central banks take more aggressive action to offset spending cuts than tax hikes, reflecting some combination of inflation concerns, belief that spending cuts are more durable, and (the paper doesn’t say this) bankerly ideology.

If we were discussing a politically neutral subject, the evidence here would long since have been considered definitive: expansionary austerity is a doctrine that failed. But since we’re in the political realm, of course, such a convenient doctrine can’t be abandoned. On the contrary, it now seems to be the official doctrine of both the GOP and the White House.

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At 12noon, on Monday Feb 23rd, we (Erin, Cecilia and I) went to Doctor Biter’s office for a check-up. Doctor Biter did an ultrasound and everything looked good. We left the office at 2pm and Erin started having contractions about 7 or 8 minutes apart. We went to Chipotle and ran into Dr. Biter and Lindsey (the acupuncturist) there.

Since we were all in one car, we drove back to Mom and Dad’s house and we laid down for awhile while Erin continued to have contractions. She was joking between them and we took a couple pictures. Cecilia laid in her new crib. Erin waited for Anthony to get off work but then called him to come over because things were getting moving. We went for a walk along the cliffs and saw dolphins and then came back and rested some more. She had a pancake or crepes craving. Soon Mom and Dad got home and everyone watched bad reality TV (the Bachelor) and Dad got some IHOP pancakes. I went to teach a yoga class and came home. At around 10pm, the contractions were consistent but still 7 or 8 minutes apart, so Erin and Anthony went home. I slept with the phone by my bed.

In the morning, we called and Erin was still having consistent contractions 7 or 8 minutes apart. She was eager for me to come over. She had slept some but she had taken a bath and been up with Anthony most of the night. When Cecilia and I got to the house, Erin had the OM Sanctuary CD playing and candles burning; around 9:30- we went for a walk along the golf course. A few folks/neighbors stopped to talk and Erin had contractions during but did not tell them. Erin leaned over on the fence and held her belly with a contraction and Cecilia copied her groaning. We came back to the house and continued to take turns being with her. She labored a lot walking around and then in the rocking chair to rest between contractions. She got in and out of the tub a couple times. The contractions were getting closer together, somewhere between 4 to 5 minutes. I was keeping track, because Anthony was talking with Liza on the phone and letting her know what was happening. At about 4:30 Liza came over and pronounced that things were not that far along, because Erin answered the door smiling.She said we had to make things happen, while Erin went for another walk with Liza, the contractions seemed to slow down. Liza prescribed nipple stimulation between and during contractions. Erin had a degree of protein drink. The contractions would speed for periods of time, but then slow down again. Their duration is usually 25 to 45 seconds. Mum came and Cecilia finally got home. About 7, he was back for me, Erin and Anthony. Erin wanted to go to the hospital, but I was trying to stall contractions are getting closer. During these hours, she was getting really tired, but talking to herself and to Cade “good boy”, “I can do this, I can do this”, and a couple “oh Gods”. We had periods where the contractions would be steadily three minutes apart, down to two minutes apart, and when they were at two minutes apart, I called Dr. Biter and he asked if I thought she was ready. Based on the period of time she had been having steady contractions and the two minutes apart, I thought she was.

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