Francesco Brunamonti

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How Government Spending Can Make the Debt Burden Look Smaller than It Really Is

05/07/2020 Mises Wire Francesco Brunamonti

Governments can increase GDP numbers simply by spending more, and this can reduce debt as a percentage of GDP. But what if we calculate GDP using only private spending?

Central Banks Are Just Getting Warmed Up

10/12/2019 Mises Wire Francesco Brunamonti

Central Banks now have an alphabet soup of policy tools. But it's all radlly just more of the same — that is, inflationary easy-money monetary policy.

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