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What enabled Friedman to turn Ricardian vice back into a virtue?

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

Within a year of each other, Joseph Schumpeter coined the term "Ricardian vice," which you mentioned earlier, and Milton Friedman launched his campaign to revive it as a cardinal virtue.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

Oh and Reis’ model assumes Ricardian equivalence but includes two effects that suggest a positive impact from stimulative measures.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2011

Reductions in spending, according to a theory known as Ricardian equivalence, will do no harm because lower borrowing will automatically lead to higher private spending.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 28, 2011

The so-called Ricardian theory of rent is a speculative fancy, contradicted by all experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various