The economy: the government can’t run out of money. That’s simply false

Outside the eurozone, governments have no problem funding their deficits

Heather Stewart is correct that in Simon Wren-Lewis's article for the New Statesman he argues that the purpose of government policy should be "to increase the welfare of the public" ("Let us applaud Sturgeon and Bennett - but not vote for them", Business).

However, she failed to point out that Wren-Lewis also gave lie to the argument that the government can run out of money to do what is necessary and thereby perpetuates the myth started by Liam Byrne, the former Treasury chief secretary who left a note for his successor, David Laws, saying: "I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left."

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