Governments can use fiscal policy to alleviate the impacts of recession on the economy. Fiscal policy includes tax cuts or increases in the Government spending. The articles below discusses the downside of these two methods:

https://www.ft.com/content/e4044976-1812-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385(Links to an external site.)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/29/trump-tax-cuts-did-little-to-boost-economic-growth-in-2018-study-says.html(Links to an external site.)

Which do you think would be more effective at fighting recession? Why?