cbsnews.com - 12/29/2008
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(CBS) Speaking on CBS News' Face the Nation , Obama senior White House advisor David Axelrod noted that he wants Congress to work with "deliberate speed" on an economic stimulus bill in the new year. We've talked about a package from 675 billion to 775 billion, Axelrod said, adding one thing ...
swamppolitics.com - 12/23/2008
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by Frank James Paul Krugman is one of
the smartest, most entertaining economists alive which explains why...
he may the best known too, The New York Times columnist and Princeton University professor appeared at the National Press Club in ...
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Paul Krugman's horror story
angrybear.blogspot.com - 1/5/2009
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Krugman correctly lays out the problem: We are
facing the second Great Depression. Agreed again that simple...
monetary policy is not enough. Agreed also that a stimulus package is certainly needed; otherwise the domino effect of shrinking businesses ...
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Krugman: The Great Depression Redux
dailykos.com - 12/30/2008
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dailykos.com —
First, we have David Axelrod floating a $675
billion to $775 billion stimulus: Regarding the new administration’s...
stimulus plan, Mr. Axelrod also said that the exact dollar amount Mr. Obama will seek has not yet been determined. "We’ve ...
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Now this is an awesome debate to have
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Bill Scher: Do We Understand How Big The Economic Recovery Plan Is?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Following Axelrod, Nobel award-winning economist Paul Krugman expressed concern that, as big as $775 billion is, it may not be big enough: ...
Now this is an awesome debate to have
Daily Kos —
... to $775 billion stimulus: Regarding the new administration’s stimulus plan, Mr. Axelrod also said that the exact dollar amount Mr. Obama will seek has not yet been determined. "We’ve talked about a package from $675 billion to $775 billion," he said on CBS’s "Face the Nation." "One thing I think everyone agrees on, economists from left to right, is that we have to do something very large," he said. Next, we have the criticism of Axelrod's numbers: However, Nobel-winning economist Paul ...
After Backing Massive Wall Street Bailout, McConnell Plans To Block Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan
Think Progress —
... . As Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman has stated, the “risks of being too small are much bigger than the risks of being too big.” ...
Right Wing Democrats Plot To Join GOP Reactionaries To Put Obama In His Place Right From Day One
DownWithTyranny! —
... have every intention of using that power to thwart Obama and wreck his plans for an effective package, despite widespread support in the country for his plans and despite the damage it will do to the country.
Obama's Economic Push: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Open Left - Front Page —
... last major problem with Obama's tax cut proposals is how they are being put forward in competition with public spending, potentially creating a "rob Peter to pay Paul" quandary. Specifically, news reports suggest that Obama is linking the two - and that the public spending component of the economic recovery package (clearly the most reliable stimulus policy) could be ultimately contingent on the size of the tax cuts (at best, a questionably stimulative policy) at a time when many economists believe Obama's spending proposals are already too small. In a Beltway political ...
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