Clarify this question in class if you like. The government always uses spending to intervene in an economy. The argument from classical economists is that government spending slows the growth out of the recession via the crowding out theory. This argument is a counterfactual, but the theory makes sense a priori.
Chapter 12 Curiosities
Keynesian Thought
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