Las guerras son buenas para la economía porque aumentan el gasto, y gastar en vez de ahorrar es obviamente lo que necesita uno cuando está en crisis. Quizás Zapatero tendría que declarar alguna guerra para sacarnos de esta crisis.
The fact is that war is, in general, expansionary for the economy, at least in the short run. World War II, remember, ended the Great Depression. The $10 billion or so we’re spending each month in Iraq mainly goes to US-produced goods and services, which means that the war is actually supporting demand. Yes, there would be infinitely better ways to spend the money. But at a time when a shortfall of demand is the problem, the Iraq war nonetheless acts as a sort of WPA, supporting employment directly and indirectly.
