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Economic Commentary

Fiscal Policy and Fickle Fortunes: What’s Luck Got to Do With It?

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If you buy a lottery ticket, you usually wait to see if you’ve won before going on a spending spree. This Economic Commentary explains why we ought to be just as careful about spending projected federal budget surpluses.

04.01.2000EC 4/1/2000

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Altig, David. 2000. “Fiscal Policy and Fickle Fortunes: What’s Luck Got to Do With It?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 4/1/2000.

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