Stein's most famous contribution to the American [[economic]] system was accomplished in the 1940s, by suggesting the use of the federal budget deficits to regulate the economy. At the time, the business lobby was very hesitant to accept such government intervention and the Keynesian system as a whole. He convinced them that there were no ideological reasons not to accept the system as a whole, according to Robert Solow, a Nobel Laureate economist. | Stein's most famous contribution to the American [[economic]] system was accomplished in the 1940s, by suggesting the use of the federal budget deficits to regulate the economy. At the time, the business lobby was very hesitant to accept such government intervention and the Keynesian system as a whole. He convinced them that there were no ideological reasons not to accept the system as a whole, according to Robert Solow, a Nobel Laureate economist. |