Comments on: What would a Tory Budget actually do?

By: Adam Lent

Adam Lent — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:24 +0000

I’m not sure this is Cameron’s argument. See my new post.

By: Cameron on the deficit: popular with the CBI but what about the voters? | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:33:11 +0000

[...] speech also continues with the “everything for everybody” approach that characterised Cameron’s interview with Andrew Marr yesterday. In fact, far from indicating that growth will result from simply [...]

By: Tory business tax cuts threaten public services and poorest | Left Foot Forward

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:02:20 +0000

[...] Foot Forward has previously shown. The alternative is further public spending cuts. As Adam Lent at Touchstone asks: “Is this really credible? A Budget that reduces the deficit through spending cuts and [...]

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:38:05 +0000

“A Budget that reduces the deficit through spending cuts and reduces taxes and is a “go for growth” Budget (the phrase usually associated with a more Keynesian investment approach).”

Err, no. It was, at the time that Anthony Barber showed that this Keynesian approach doesn’t work, but it is now more associated with supply side economics. You know, get growth by reducing spending (ie, reduce government crowding out) and reducing taxes (increasing incentives).

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What would a Tory Budget actually do? | called2account — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:40:10 +0000

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Tax Research UK » What would a Tory Budget actually do? — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:20:23 +0000

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