Graeber, David (2011) The debt is not nearly as scary as you think: government budgets are nothing like family budgets. New York Daily News.
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We have to live within our means. That's what President Obama repeatedly tells us, echoing a point Republicans have been making for years. Like households, governments must husband our resources and balance our budgets, or future generations will surely pay. There's a problem here. The analogy is ridiculous. Government budgets - and the U.S. budget in particular - are absolutely nothing like a household budget.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.nydailynews.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 NYDailyNews.com |
| Divisions: | Anthropology |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2013 09:47 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 14:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/53327 |
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