Season 1 · Episode 394
Hunt’s Budget Fantasyland
The UK government is planning on more austerity, whilst expecting growth and less 2debt. Steve explains why what they are asking for is impossible.
Debunking Economics - the podcast · Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie
March 13, 202444m 59s
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Show Notes
The UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered what is almost certainly his last budget, promising the usual stuff – more investment, more jobs, better public services and lower taxes. And, miraculously, all of this will be achieved by lowering government spending. Despite the rubbery figures, Steve Keen argues that the budget ignores the key principle, that you can’t increase GDP if the government is cutting back on money creation by trying to reduce its “deficit”. A get-out clause on that would be if the country was to see a sudden increase in the export/import ratio. That is in the budget figures, without any explanation as to how that’ll happen. So, what does a Steve Keen UK budget look like?
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