Karl Smith

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Debate: Government Spending Can Play an Important Role in Boosting Economic Growth

10/08/2014 Robert P. Murphy Karl Smith

The great debate between Keynesians and Austrians enters the digital age with the Mises Academy’s first ever online formal debate, between economists Karl Smith (Assistant Professor of Public Economics and Government at the University of North

Tonight: Econ Cage Match of DEATH

09/02/2011 Mises Daily Robert P. Murphy Karl Smith

Resolved: Government Spending Can Play an Important Role in Boosting Economic Growth.

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