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etfdailynews.com - 8/3/2009
CASH FOR CLUNKERS: Where’s The Automotive ETF?
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There has been much optimism in the auto industry because of the “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” program. This government stimulus program has proved to be quite successful. The initial response to the program was so vast, that the program recently ran out of the allotted $1 Billion budget.
CASH FOR CLUNKERS: Where’s The Automotive ETF?
econbrowser.com - 8/2/2009
Cash for clunkers
— econbrowser.com — A victim of its own success? One of the more embarrassing features of the New Deal was... the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, which paid farmers to slaughter livestock and plow up good crops , as if destroying useful goods could somehow make the ... (more) Cash for clunkers
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Government's 'Cash for Clunkers' Program Runs Out of Gas Early
online.wsj.com - 7/31/2009
Government's 'Cash for Clunkers' Program Runs Out of Gas Early
— online.wsj.com — Associated Press A car in a dumpster is used to promote the government's cash-for-clunkers program at a... Vermont auto dealership on Monday. (more) Government's 'Cash for Clunkers' Program Runs Out of Gas ...

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More on Cash for Clunkers as the Broken Window Fallacy
researchreloaded.com - 8/5/2009
More on Cash for Clunkers as the Broken Window Fallacy
— researchreloaded.com — Economic Heroes?   With "Cash for Clunkers", the US is simply using a part of its productive... energy to go and destroy productive assets. While luckily a drop in the bucket, it is actually destroying value, perversely with the ... (more) More on Cash for Clunkers as the Broken Window Fallacy

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