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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 2/3/2009
All stimulus, all the time
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Paul Krugman clarifies his point about temporary versus permanent spending: Tyler's latest on temporary versus permanent government consumption clarifies what the confusion is over my very simple point . I don't think Tyler understands what I (and everybody else) means by government spending. I ...
Obama's approval is high — but the stimulus isn't as popular
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 2/9/2009
Obama's approval is high — but the stimulus isn't as popular
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing as President — but the economic stimulus package he's trying to push through Congress is not nearly as popular.  ... (more) Obama's approval is high — but the stimulus isn't as popular

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Krugman: Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From Stimulus Package
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/8/2009
Krugman: Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From Stimulus Package
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — On her Twitter feed, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill defended the changes to the stimulus package as good on the merits and not merely politically necessary: Proud we cut over 100 billion out of recov bill. Many Ds don’t like it, but ... (more) Krugman: Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From ...

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A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/8/2009
A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Claire McCaskill seems to be softening her line on the Senate stimulus deal. She Tweets “Just saw Krugman’s comments on reduction in recov act. Question for him. Would no stimulus act be better than one thats 800 B instead of 900.” ... (more) A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus

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Econ 101 and Public Investment
Angry Bear — Megan McArdle concludes from "lowly MBA" analysis that it is impossible to get a net surplus from public investment. If lowly MBAs think this, then lowly MBAs faked their way through Introduction to Microeconomics which IIRC was in fact designated Econ 101 at my lowly public university: ...

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