tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/17/2008
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Paul is correct in arguing for a large stimulus . I can't help wondering, though, if we'll need something more. Keynesianism is based on two highly-questionable assumptions in today's world. The first is that American consumers will eventually regain the purchasing power needed to keep the ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 12/18/2008
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Ideas alone do not have consequences. Ideas, even
-- or especially -- powerful ideas are like seeds....
If they land in fertile soil and are cultivated they can grow. On rock or sand or ignored or tended by incompetents they die. The idea of ...
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usmayors.org - 12/16/2008
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usmayors.org —
MainStreet Economic Recovery Report Option 1: Download a
PDF version of the full report , including the...
executive summary, list of participating cities and then projects, sorted by project type or by city. + Click to download the report (4.0 MB) ...
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Main Street Stimulus: Stimulus in the News
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
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... The textbook tells us to engage massive fiscal spending, as nobody is equipped to spend at all right now except for government. But Robert Reich is absolutely correct, IMO, that spending won't be enough. ...
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