Health Care Spending Discussion
No one is immune to the rising costs of health care. Consider the following news stories: “In 2008, the average premium for a family plan purchased through an employer was $12,680, nearly the annual earnings of a full-time minimum wage job” (Halle & Seshamani, 2009, Introduction, para. 1). “President Obama’s health care law is putting […]
Plot separately data (1970 onwards) for fiscal spending on capital
a) Please plot historical annual data on deficit to GDP ratios (1970 to today); and on national debt to GDP. Comment on the results. Compare to periods of recession in Canada. This is rather straight forward. I don’t really care what the deficit is in nominal terms. A $10billion dollar deficits today is less today in RELATIVE terms […]
