chequer-board.net - 1/29/2009
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I see Mr. Yousefzadeh has already been covering this, but Jim Manzi has a very...
chequer-board.net - 1/29/2009
chequer-board.net - 1/29/2009
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Why are we wasting time with Keynesian stimulus?
More here. And here. The stimulus package......
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Keynesian Stimulus Passes The House . . . Though It Shouldn’t Have
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The Arena had us discuss whether the stimulus package should have attracted Republican votes. I had no hesitation in answering no. The policy behind Keynesian stimulus is terrible; see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, just for starters on why Keynesian stimulus is a bad idea. The fact that House Republicans were cut out of the negotiating process only served to reduce the impetus for Republicans to reward the crafting of a bad bill with their votes.
There are plenty of critiques that ...
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