This means money spent by the public sector on the acquisition of goods and provision of services such as education, healthcare, defense, and social protections.

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Cash
Transfer Payment: Definition, Types of Transfers, and Examples
Global Exchange
Current vs. Capital Accounts: What's the Difference?
Economic Integration Definition and Real World Example
Cash
Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF): Definition, Examples, and Types
U.S. Government Financial Bailouts
How Does the Government Spend My Taxes?
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): Definition, How They Work, and Examples
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Balanced Budget: Definition, Example of Uses, and How to Balance
Fiscal Deficit: Definition and History in the U.S.
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What Are Open Market Operations (OMOs), and How Do They Work?
What Are Examples of Pork Barrel Politics in the United States?
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3 of the Biggest Land Deals in History
Infrastructure
Infrastructure: Definition, Meaning, and Examples
J Curve: Definition and Uses in Economics and Private Equity
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What Is a Budget Surplus? What's the Impact, and Pros & Cons?
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What Is Earmarking? What It Means, How It Works, and Examples
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Business to Government (B2G): Selling to The Government
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What Is the Keynesian Multiplier, Formula, and How to Use It?
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Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) Definition
Fed Balance Sheet: The Federal Reserve's Assets and Liabilities
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Ricardian Equivalence: Definition, History, and Validity Theories
Deficit Spending: Definition, Theory, Arguments Pro & Con
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Pork Barrel Politics: Definition, Purposes, Reform Efforts
Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC)
Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC)
The Best and Worst Olympics Financial Planning
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How Interest Rate Cuts Affect Consumers
TARP Bonuses
Federal Budget
U.S. Treasury Budget
U.S. Treasury Budget
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Fiscal Drag: Meaning in Goverment Spending
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Government Purchases: Definition, Examples, Role in GDP
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Deflationary Spiral: Overview and Examples in Government Spending
How Are Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending Related?
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International Finance Corporation (IFC): Definition and Example
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Financial Repression Definition, Features, Consequences
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What Is a Special Revenue Fund?
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National Savings Rate: Overview, Calculations, Factors Affecting
Where Did the Phrase "Pork Barrel" Come From?
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The Golden Rule of Government Spending: Definition, Applications, US Approach
Equalization Payments
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How Tax Cuts Affect the Economy
Conduit Issuer
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Just Compensation: Overview, Factors, Methods
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Block Grant: Meaning, History, and Examples
Holocaust Restitution Payments
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What Is an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)? Definition and Use
Universal Basic Income (UBI)
What Is Universal Basic Income (UBI), and How Does It Work?
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Performance Audit: Definition, Standards, Benefits
State General Reserve Fund (SGRF)
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How the Minimum Wage Impacts Unemployment
What Are the Pros and Cons of a Balanced Budget?
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What Is the Point of Agricultural Subsidies?
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How Does Pork Barrel Spending Hurt the Economy?
How Government Land Seizures Work for Landowners
Why Curiosity Cost $2.5 Billion
6 Outrageous Political Earmarks

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