Today, we discuss how the government can support the economy. This is an ongoing debate in the discipline, centred around the work of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. The debate is back alive once again following the current pandemic. The Conservative government are adopting an aggressive spending strategy to avoid a long term downturn but they face a major trade-off between reducing the recession and adding to government debt. If you have any points or questions, then please email me at econandme@hotmail.com. Enjoy the show!