Politicians and bureaucrats pushing for taxpayer spending on new building projects, subsidies, and other high-dollar schemes tend to misuse an economic concept known as the “multiplier.” Jon Sanders explained how and why that misuse takes place during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
In the video clip below, Sanders references two dubious uses of the multiplier in recent North Carolina public policy debates.
2:50 p.m. update: Click play below to watch the full 50:33 event.
You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.
