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gregmankiw.blogspot.com - 2/6/2009

My Preferred Fiscal Stimulus

— gregmankiw.blogspot.com — Regular readers of this blog have a pretty good sense of my policy preferences. But for those occasional readers who might be stopping by, let me reiterate what I would do right now if I were the fiscal king. I would institute an immediate and ... (more) My Preferred Fiscal Stimulus

Stimulus Plan

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topics.nytimes.com - 2/5/2009

Economic Stimulus - The New York Times

— topics.nytimes.com — Economic stimulus refers to the use of fiscal policy -- government spending or tax measures -- to support or revive an economy in recession. In February 2008, as signs of a slowdown emerged, Congress passed a $168 billion package of tax cuts and ... (more) Economic Stimulus - The New York Times

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youtube.com - 2/12/2009

The People's Stimulus: Get Your Money Back (video)

— youtube.com — Politicians are going to spend $800 billion dollars which they claim will stimulate the economy. For the same amount of money we could eliminate the payroll ... (more) The People's Stimulus: Get Your Money Back (video)

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Do Best By Doing Nothing (by Don Boudreaux)
Cafe Hayek — ... Here's Bob's take, published in the Christian Science Monitor, on the merits of doing nothing in the face of the current economic turmoil. ...

Congress: Don't Just Do Something; Stand There
CARPE DIEM — ... to condemn the measure. America is already drowning in debt. But the measure will also wreak harm in countless other directions by effectively reallocating resources on a grand scale according to political priorities, rather than according to individual preferences and economic rationality. As our history shows, the economy can recover strongly on its own, if only the politicians will stay out of the way. ~Economic historian Robert Higgs, in the CSM HT: Cafe Hayek ...

Monday's Daily News
Club for Growth — ... DAILY NEWS Job Indices Down, Stock Markets Up? - Larry Kudlow, Real Clear Markets Unemployment and Stimulus - Brian Wesbury, American Spectator Is Y=C+I+nX+G Meaningful? - Don Boudreaux, Cafe Hayek Dangers of the Stimulus Bill - Gary Wolfram, Human Events How Government Created the Financial Crisis - John Taylor, WSJ It’s No Time for Protectionism - Greg Mankiw, New York Times Instead of Stimulus, Do Nothing – Seriously - Robert Higgs, CS Monitor Stimulus ...

How Corrupt is Our Language in Economic Discourse?
The Austrian Economists — ... range is from M-N you think you are being open minded when you look at M and you look at N, but you certainly don't see A or Z.  President Obama actually argued that no serious economist has argued against the need for government action with respect to the stimulus package. The leading economists, he argued, for Bush I and Bush II, as well as his team of economists all agree that only government can break the economy out of this vicious spiral downward.  He must not have read the Christian Science Monitor yesterday.  Robert Higgs's op-ed is best on his historical research, ...

This Week’s Links
Business Pundit — This is why you’re fat. Robert Higgs on doing nothing instead of passing the stimulus. VOX on how the American financial system took out everyone else. Wired on MIT technology that aims to turn the Internet into a sixth human sense. ReadWriteWeb on the new Goverati.