chicagotribune.com - 1/15/2009
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In recent weeks, just about every economic indicator has gone from bad to worse—the latest being unemployment, which is now at the highest level in 16 years. Most forecasters think the recession that began more than a year ago will last at least through spring. So it's no surprise that ...
cato.org - 1/22/2009
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This article appeared on Marketplace on January 14,
2009 Last week in his big economic stimulus speech,...
President-elect Barack Obama promised less waste and a sunny new climate of transparency. Obama says, "We'll invest in what works." This week, ...
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Obama Stimulus Bears a Closer Look
usmayors.org - 1/15/2009
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MainStreet Economic Recovery Survey Return to Participating Cities
City State Program Project Description Funding Required Jobs Duluth...
MN Airport DYT fuel and security upgrades 125,000 15 Duluth MN Airport DYT apron reconstruction 650,000 20 Duluth MN ...
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Main Street Stimulus: Stimulus in the News
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/14/2009
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Barack Obama hasn't been sworn in yet, but
he's already hitting the road to promote his economic...
plan. The Obama transition team just announced that Obama will traveling on Friday to the Cleveland suburb of Bedford Heights, Ohio. Obama will tour a ...
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Obama To Swing Through Ohio For Stimulus Plan
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FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... basic idea of stimulus, thinks devil is in details (link) 11. Larry Summers. Member of Obama economic team, favors stimulus (link) 12. John Y. Campbell 13. Oliver Blanchard 14. Mark Gertler 15. Paul Krugman. Thanks action is needed drastically, worried stimulus won't be large enough. (link) 16. Christopher F. Baum 17. Thomas Sargent. Skeptical, thinks stimulus math is based on outmoded economic models (link) 18. Maurice Obstfeld 19. Stephen Turnovsky 20. Nicholas Cox So that looks ...
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A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
The genuine article, not the kind that will be practiced by the incoming Administration : From the public debate on the need for fiscal stimulus, you would think the only open question is what form it should take. In fact, among economists, there is a good deal of uncertainty and doubt over whether fiscal policy holds much promise. John Cochrane, a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, says that among academics over the last 30 years, the idea of fiscal stimulus has been discredited and in graduate courses, it is "taught only for its fallacies." New ...
Reality-Based Economics
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
The genuine article, not the kind that will be practiced by the incoming Administration:
From the public debate on the need for fiscal stimulus, you would think the only open question is what form it should take. In fact, among economists, there is a good deal of uncertainty and doubt over whether fiscal policy holds much promise.
John Cochrane, a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, says that among academics over the last 30 years, the idea of fiscal stimulus has been discredited and in graduate courses, it is “taught ...
How do you measure "saving" jobs?
Betsy's Page —
... job growth or loss: If the buggy industry loses a million jobs, but the auto industry adds two million, the economy obviously is better off, although none of the buggy jobs were âsaved.â Will the government develop ESP and tell us what jobs would have been lost if they hadn't passed their plans? How does anyone audit such a claim? "Well, Company X was going to cut 50 workers, but then only cut 25, so now we've saved 25 jobs?" As the Congress contemplates its stimulus package, here are some prestigious economists they might listen to. From the public debate on the need for ...
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