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• 09 Sep 10
  

  Robert Martinez

  The results of gathering economic data this way can be downright comical. A shoe-store owner in Kentucky who sold boots to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… claimed to have created nine jobs with $889… would certainly make him the most efficient job creat

  funny macro obama america fiscal policy recession conservative

• 30 Jul 10
  

  Ms Cuttle

  articles stimulus recession

• 27 Jul 10
  

  charlesijones

  For economists, this raises some obvious questions. Why were the administration's projections off the mark? What should their experience teach us regarding stimulus policies in future downturns? And what can the government do now, as unemployment remains very high, to help the patient heal faster? Trying to resolve these questions illustrates not only the difficulty confronting policymakers in a crisis, but also the inherent limitations of the economics profession — limitations that both economists and politicians would be wise to keep in mind.

  mba

• 25 Jul 10
  

  Reed Caylor

  depression fiscal development economics recession stimulus taxes bailo

• 23 Jul 10
  

  Perry Vs World

  Instant classic

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• 29 Jun 10
  

  J M
• 28 Jun 10
  

  Robert Proctor

  * * * * Antidote to Krugman's 3rd depression

  Stimulus

• 21 Jun 10
  

  kevin whited

  This guy is WAY too sensible.
  
  Kinda makes a reasonable person yearn for those W years in which he was an economic staffer, eh?

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  Cory Crow

  The stimulus was anything but. A hodge-podge of political payback for campaign donors and public sector unions. It was designed to have minimal impact on the private-sector economy, and it succceeded at that.

  Economy

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