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Article Dans Une Revue European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention Année : 2017

The IMF and the new fiscalism : Was there a U-turn

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In late 2008 a consensus was reached amongst global policymakers that fiscal stimulus was required to counteract the effects of the Great Recession, a view dubbed as the New Fiscalism. Pragmatism triumphed over the stipulations of the New Consensus Macroeconomics which viewed discretionary fiscal actions as an irrelevant tool of counter-cyclical macroeconomic policy (if not altogether detrimental). The partial re-embrace of Keynes was however relatively short-lived, lasting only until early 2010 when fiscal consolidation came to the forefront again, although the merits of fiscal austerity was questioned again when economic recovery did not really materialized in 2012. This paper traces the ups and downs of the debate over the New Fiscalism, especially at the International Monetary Fund, by analysing IMF documents and G20 communiqués. Using fiscal policy as a means to exit the crisis remains contentious even amidst recognition of secular stagnation.

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hal-01435725 , version 1 (15-01-2017)

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Brett Fiebiger, Marc Lavoie. The IMF and the new fiscalism : Was there a U-turn. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2017, 14 (3), pp.314-332. ⟨10.4337/ejeep.2017.03.04⟩. ⟨hal-01435725⟩
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