But Keynes was not writing about open economies.

On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 02:14:01PM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
> 
> But one of the points of Keynesian economics is that if the economy is in
> depression, there doesn't have to be a pre-existing pool of savings
> available to borrow. The fiscal expansion should raise incomes, which raise
> consumer demand -- and saving, so the program can largely pay for itself. If
> investment is also stimulated, that raises income further, and saving. 

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