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This is a modular skill because users may ask separate, independently triggered questions about debt capacity, inflation versus deflation, fixed exchange-rate traps, demand shortfalls, or economic persuasion.\n\n## Routing Rules\n\n| User intent | Route to |\n|---|---|\n| Sovereign debt, reparations, sanctions, fiscal capacity, creditor demands | `subskills/transfer-problem.md` |\n| Inflation, deflation, unemployment tradeoffs, real debt burdens | `subskills/inflation-deflation.md` |\n| Gold standard, currency pegs, euro constraints, devaluation | `subskills/fixed-rate-trap.md` |\n| Recession, austerity, stimulus, liquidity trap, animal spirits | `subskills/aggregate-demand.md` |\n| Critique or write an economic argument meant to persuade | `subskills/economic-persuasion.md` |\n\n## Execution Rules\n\n1. Identify the user's concrete policy question and economic context.\n2. Route to the smallest relevant subskill; combine subskills only when the question spans mechanisms.\n3. Use current data when the user asks about a present economy or market.\n4. Distinguish short-run consequences from long-run equilibrium claims.\n5. State what evidence would change the verdict.\n\n## Multi-Module Output Format\n\n- Diagnosis line: identify the policy problem.\n- Routed module(s): name the Keynesian lens used.\n- Evidence: 2-3 data points or historical parallels.\n- Verdict: recommendation with caveats.\n- Revision condition: what would make the answer change.\n\n## Subskill Status\n\nAll subskills are required and present in `subskills/`.\n\n## CITATION RULES\n\nUse quotes only when the user asks for source grounding or when a claim needs attribution. Reference quote anchors by topic file and anchor. Keep quoted excerpts short.\n\n- `demand-confidence-quotes.md`: `#slump-trade-employment`, `#idle-workers-worldwide`, `#public-works-remedy`, `#doing-spending-enterprises`, `#restore-confidence-enterprise`, `#revive-enterprise-activity`, `#deflation-transfers-wealth`, `#active-to-inactive`\n- `policy-diagnosis-quotes.md`: `#germany-pays-in-goods`, `#transfer-destroys-balance`, `#inflation-and-deflation-injure`, `#inflation-unjust-deflation-inexpedient`, `#deflation-provokes-unemployment`, `#reject-prewar-gold-standard`, `#gold-standard-links-city-wall-street`, `#economists-as-dentists`\n\n## Critical Reminders\n\n- Judge policy by real output, employment, price, and distributional consequences.\n- Do not turn Keynes into a universal pro-stimulus slogan; context determines the prescription.\n- Do not reproduce long source 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