# How can we help the economy?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 7, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-help-the-economy/127401 "2002-09-07T06:54:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-help-the-economy/127401/41 "2002-09-20T18:27:51Z")

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—This is the good, old Keynesian multiplier, and is taught by legions of academic economists in freshman Economics courses.—

I just realized this: are you of the impression that there is a multiplier effect only from current spending?

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