Fiscal Policy and the Tax Multiplier Practice (2 of 2)- Macro Topic 3.8

The video tutorial explains how to use the spending multiplier to address a recessionary gap, initially by increasing government spending. It then shifts focus to using tax cuts as a method to close the gap, highlighting that tax cuts have a lesser effect than direct spending. The tutorial walks through calculations with different marginal propensities to consume (MPC), demonstrating how these affect the multiplier and the necessary tax cut to close a $40 billion gap.

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