Ricardian Equivalence - Barro's Response

Barro's Response

In 1976, Barro recognized that uncertainty may play a role in changing individual behavior. Nevertheless, he argued,

...it is much less clear that this complication would imply systematic errors in a direction such that public debt issue raises aggregate demand.

In 1989, Barro offered a number of defenses against various other critiques.

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