The big-spending massive pork barrel bill known as the stimulus package has been signed into law. Richard Rahn reflects back on the economic crisis three decades ago and finds that the Obama plan looks a lot more like the Carter than the Reagan plans. And we know which one of those worked ...

President Obama told us several times during the last couple of weeks that without passage of the economic stimulus bill, the United States would lose over 50,000 jobs per day. Well, seeing how the bill was passed last Friday night, had he signed it into law with the urgency previously espoused, ...

The Obama Administration has banked a lot of political capital on the economic “stimulus” package to be signed into law today — and no doubt will try to give the measure credit when the U.S. economy eventually recovers on its own. In reality, the stimulus bill is a hugely ...

The faux stimulus bill will be signed into law today by President Obama. The bad news is that making government bigger will hurt the economy. The good news is that sooner or later there will be a recovery from the current downturn. The real issue is whether long-run growth will be robust. ...