In 2023, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal noted that higher interest rates and crowding out

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In 2023, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal noted that “higher interest rates and crowding out of private-sector borrowers” might result in a U.S. economy that was less prosperous when its grandsons became adults.

a. What is crowding out? How might higher interest rates lead to crowding out?

b. Why would the columnist worry that crowding out might lead to the U.S. economy being less prosperous in the future?

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 9780138102494

9th Edition

Authors: Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O Brien

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