A Government Unequal to the Task*

Sep 21st 2020, Prabhat Patnaik
When there is a lockdown, and output contracts, it is incumbent on the government to increase or at least maintain its expenditure to reduce the degree of contraction and to enable the population to maintain their consumption needs. However, by reducing the expenditure, the GoI did the exact opposite of what it should have done.
    
* This article was originally published in People's Democracy on September 20, 2020.


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