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safehaven.com - 1/27/2009
Stimulus for Who?
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This week the House is expected to pass an $825 billion economic stimulus package. In reality, this bill is just an escalation of a government-created economic mess. As before, a sense of urgency and impending doom is being used to extract ...

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forbes.com - 1/23/2009
Does Stimulus Stimulate?
— forbes.com — In a few weeks, Congress will likely enact the largest fiscal stimulus legislation in history. Surprisingly, the whole idea of such a stimulus is much more controversial among A-list economists than I would have expected, given the depth and breadth ... (more) Does Stimulus Stimulate?

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cboblog.cbo.gov - 1/27/2009
House Budget Testimony on the Economy and Stimulus
— cboblog.cbo.gov — This morning I testified before the House Budget Committee on The State of the Economy and Issues in Developing an Effective Policy Response ( click here for full text of my written testimony). My testimony discussed both the basis for CBO’s ... (more) House Budget Testimony on the Economy and Stimulus

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austrianeconomists.typepad.com - 1/27/2009
Stimulus or Carpe Diem? The New Deal Wasn't a Stimulus Package Either
— austrianeconomists.typepad.com — One of the (correct) complaints about the proposed stimulus plan is that it's full of all kinds of programs that would appear to have nothing to do with any accepted economic theory about what sorts of spending could even possibly lead to recovery.  ... (more) Stimulus or Carpe Diem? The New Deal Wasn't a Stimulus ...

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Stimulus?
Bear Mountain Bull — Or just a bunch of pork? Here’s Ron Paul : This week the House is expected to pass an $825 billion economic stimulus package. In reality, this bill is just an escalation of a government-created economic mess. As before, a sense of urgency and impending doom is being used to extract mountains of money from Congress with minimal debate. So much for change. This is déjà vu. We are again being promised that its passage will help employment, help homeowners, help the environment, etc. These promises are worthless. This time around especially, Congress should know better than to pass ...

Ron Paul on stimulus & the economy
Finance Trends Matter — ... As usual, Paul's thoughtful essays on government interference in the economy and our lives are right on target. Here's an excerpt on the from his latest piece, "Stimulus for Who?": ...

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Video: House expected to vote Wed. on stimulus package
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/28/2009 — President Barack Obama's expansive and expensive plan to jump-start the economy is all but certain to clear its first hurdle when the Democratic-controlled House votes on a $825 billion version that melds new spending and tax cuts.
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On the Need for More Stimulus
capitalgainsandgames.com 7/7/2009 — Do we need a second stimulus? Bruce Bartlett says not yet . Paul Krugman says yes . Donald Marron reminds us how to count to three . For my two cents (before multipliers, that is), the word stimulus is completely unhelpful -- it has come to mean ...
Wrong Harry — The Big Money 1/27/2009
President Obama's $825 billion economic-stimulus package needs a lot less PWA and a lot more CWA. The PWA was the Public Works Administration, led by Harold Ickes Sr. The CWA was the Civil Works Administration, led by Harry Hopkins. Both were ...
Broadband stimulus: Not so fast — The Economist: Full print edition 1/29/2009
There is much talk about subsidies for high-speed broadband, but other causes are more deserving IN HIS first radio address as president, Barack Obama spoke of “expanding broadband to millions of Americans”. Britain’s prime ...
Technology stimulus plans: Paved with good intentions — The Economist: Full print edition 1/29/2009
Is “broadband for all” a recipe for recovery, or a boondoggle? BEGGING for government help would have made you a pariah in most parts of the high-tech industry a few months ago. But these days state aid, and how to dole it out, are ...