AP Economicsmacroeconomics
- Unit 1A: Basic Economic Concepts
- Unit 1B: Introduction to Trade
- Unit 2A: Measuring the Economy: Economic Goals
- Unit 2B: Aggregate Expenditures Model
- Unit 2C: Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model
- Unit 3: Fiscal Policy
- Unit 4: Money & Banking
- Unit 5: Monetary Policy
- Unit 6: Long-Run Revisited
Unit 3: Fiscal Policy
Now that we know how the macroeconomy works with regard to Aggregate Demand and Supply, it is time to see what type of impact the Federal Government can make on the outcomes by using the power of the purse. Simply by planning their spending and taxing schemes, the Federal Government can manipulate how people make choices when spending their income and how businesses make choices when choosing how much to produce. But, what will happen if the economy does not go according to the government's budgetary plans?
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Chapter 12: Fiscal Policy
Videos
Video Link: Learner.org
- Economics U$A: Fiscal Policy
Nearly 30 minutes, this video analyzes Fiscal Policy and the ways in which Federal Government can manipulate the economy using Discretionary Fiscal Policy.
From the website, In 1954 relying on "automatic stabilizers," President Dwight Eisenhower withheld raising taxes in order to encourage consumer spending. In the 1960s, newly elected John F. Kennedy and economic advisor Walter Heller pushed Congress to approve a $12 billion tax cut stimulus. The Employment Act of 1946 was the first time that government tried to employ fiscal policy. But, by 2010 economists disagreed about whether fiscal policy was dead, as they argued over the success or failure of President Obama’s stimulus plan. These stories are all examples of how government attempts to fine-tune tax and spending policies to reduce the severity of business-cycle fluctuations.
If the video window does not pop up, in the windown that opens, scroll down to the title "18. Fiscal Policy" and click the "VoD" icon on the right.