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The Broken Window Fallacy and Keynesian Economics

Critics of Keynesian economics often use the so-called broken window fallacy, advanced in the 19th century by the French economist Frederick Bastiat, to reject the role of government spending in stabilizing the economy.   According to this fallacy, if a hooligan breaks the window of a bakery, the subsequent repair expenditures by the baker will have…

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