9 Ways to Stimulate the Economy for the Rest of Us
Body: OK, I'm no economist. And hey! I'm really fucking glad! Next to "child rapist" and "warmonger," I can hardly think of a more despicable title to hold right now. What I'm going to write here is...
View ArticleJust to be clear on who the "terrorists" are
Body: One of them has come forward to identify himself and his cadre.Jeff Pete Sessions, (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, answering a question from a National...
View ArticleAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Content, Effect and Implications
Body: This stimulus act isn’t all it should be, maybe five-eighths of a loaf, but it is better on close examination than first appearance and media reports had suggested.
View ArticleMark Thoma on the economic benefits of Unemployment Compensation
Body: Mark Thoma has two must-read articles up on the subject of the economic benefits of Unemployment Compensation and why extending benefits is an effective form of economic stimulus*. Blogging at...
View ArticleSo, How much lower would our deficit be, if . . . ?
Body: Heather Boushey, Chief Economist at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, writes about the economy failing to go over the cliff and the deficit. She says:
View ArticleIt's About Bailing Out Working People, Stupid
Body: Nobel prize winner Joe Stieglitz recently called for a second stimulus to reduce unemployment and get the economy working well again. But the Administration seems uninterested in pushing the idea...
View ArticleTARP: Wasting A Crisis
Body: Last Sunday, my son asked me what I thought about the WaPo article“Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tackles five myths about TARP.” Here's my reply.There's a lot of truth to the specifics, but...
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