How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

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Stimulus to the Rescue
After years of denying any weakness in the economy, 
the island’s Senator-in-chief, George W. Bass, 
belatedly set to work fi xing the problem. 
With strong unanimity, his advisors 
recommended bold incentives that 
would get consumers spending 
again, especially on huts. Without 
any understanding of why 
savings and production fuel 
economic growth, the Senate 
decided on a program of bailouts 
and stimuli. 
Their fi rst rescue was for Finnie 
and Fishy, which were taken 
over by the Senate directly and were stocked with new 
Fish Reserve Notes to cover their losses. The reorganized 

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