• JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    No they don’t know what they are doing.

    There is an economic theory called the J-curve. The idea is that if you cut public spending whilst cutting limits to bank lending, the private sector will make up for the reduction in public spending. J curve theory was popular in the 1970s, that period known for low inflation (/s).