According to David Ricardo, increases in government spending unaccompanied by tax increases will not necessarily increase aggregate demand because a. consumers will consume less and save more to prepare for increased taxes in the future. b. the private sector is more likely than the public sector to spend any extra income on national defense. c. consumers will increase their consumption proportionately more than Keynesian economists believe they will. d. consumers will save less than they otherwise would have.

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Cailyn Peterson

13 September, 18:18

According to David Ricardo, increases in government spending unaccompanied by tax increases will not necessarily increase aggregate demand because a. consumers will consume less and save more to prepare for increased taxes in the future. b. the private sector is more likely than the public sector to spend any extra income on national defense. c. consumers will increase their consumption proportionately more than Keynesian economists believe they will. d. consumers will save less than they otherwise would have.

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Virginia Wright · Answer 1

Option (a) = > consumers will consume less and save more to prepare for increased taxes in the future.

Explanation:

The man named David Ricardo was one of the great Economist of his time. David was born on the 18th day of the month of April, in the year 1772 in London, United Kingdom. David Ricardo died on the 11th day of the month of September, in the year 1823.

David Ricardo worked and proposed a theory called the ricardian equivalance. The ricardian equivalance theory is actually about how Government spend and how taxes are being distributed. The theory simply says that if the Government spend a lot without taxing the citizens, the citizens tends to save more because they (citizens) know that they (Government) will later increase their tax so as to balance the spendings by the government. Therefore, option (a) is correct.