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Principles of Economics 2e

Key Terms

Principles of Economics 2eKey Terms

Head Start program
a program for early childhood education directed at families with limited educational and financial resources.
Ricardian equivalence
the theory that rational private households might shift their saving to offset government saving or borrowing
twin deficits
deficits that occur when a country is running both a trade and a budget deficit
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