FIscal Deficits and the Interest Rate

Abstract

There is no reason why larger borrowing by the government beed raise interest rates in the economy. Is it a case of prejudice in favour of "small" government that is the reason for the continued currency of this view? Or even if the expressed view is due to a desire to keep foreign institutional investors happy, should it not be better to control speculative capital directly instead of recommending deflationary fiscal policies in the midst of a recession ?......