Understanding the economic fallacies of the intergenerational debate

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-170

  Mitchell, William ^a   Mosler, Warren ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Budget surpluses; Functional finance; Intergenerational debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846902538     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2006.tb00003.x     Document Type: Article

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