Economic Stimulus

We Could Still Be In A Recession If Not For The Stimulus, Report Finds

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.02.2012

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The recovery's been weak these last few years. But if the federal government hadn't reacted to the financial crisis the way it did, things would have ...

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Mitt Romney Campaigning At School That Received Stimulus Funds

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2012

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Mitt Romney is set to campaign at Otterbein College on Friday for an event that his campaign is describing as a roundtable with graduating students. A...

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Stuck at Zero

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.03.2012

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Jared Bernstein

I've pretty much stopped exhorting policy makers to engage in deficit-financed fiscal stimulus, not because we no longer need it -- we do -- but because it feels like a waste of time. With the fading of the Recovery Act along with state and local budget cuts, U.S. fiscal policy has turned contractionary. Yes, the economy is getting better, and pretty consistently at that. But it's still a slog, and gas prices are pushing the other way, among other factors. So I'm going to briefly drag the idea of stimulus out of hiding for two reasons. First, there's been a spate of research on the bang from fiscal stimulus in certain situations. And second, because Europe is providing such a sad, natural experiment of this forgotten thesis.

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Eurozone Follies: Confusing Callousness for Courage

Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.27.2012

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Jeff Madrick

The essence of the euro crisis is that members cannot devalue or control their own monetary policy. But the European Central Bank could have done so. If it had recognized its obligations, the crisis would not have been nearly as great.

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"That My Child May Have Peace"

Al Checchi | Posted 04.22.2012

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Al Checchi

With all the rhetoric and finger-pointing between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, the 1% and the 99%, all have been part of the problem and no one has mustered the courage to tell it like it is.

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Firm at Center of Romney's Stimulus Critique Received Over $10.4 Million From Fed Projects

Darren Hutchinson | Posted 04.10.2012

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Darren Hutchinson

Romney opposes the stimulus, but he needs to state legitimate reasons for doing so, rather than misrepresenting the experience of Springs Fabrication.

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State of the Union: Small Businesses Can Expect More of Obama's Failed Promises

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.24.2012

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Lloyd Chapman

President Obama is one of the most anti-small business presidents in U.S. history and his policies have devastated the middle class economy. His policies have forced millions of small businesses to close their doors and millions more people to lose their jobs.

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Fragile Recovery?

Michael Farr | Posted 03.13.2012

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Michael Farr

It seems reasonable that 12 to 18 months after huge amounts of monetary and fiscal stimulus, we should see evidence of improving data. However, it is very hard to determine clear cause and effect between year-ago stimulus and current economic performance.

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Top 6 Reasons Obama's Economic Policies Failed in 2011

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.29.2012

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Lloyd Chapman

Judging by his actions, it seems that Barack Obama is becoming one of the most anti-small business presidents in U.S. history. People need to stop listening to what he says and start watching what he does.

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Michael McAuliff

Jobs Message War Hits Fever Pitch As Obama Makes Case For Infrastructure Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The high political stakes of winning the debate on jobs was on prominent display Wednesday -- and will be again Thursday -- as both part...

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Forgive Student Loan Debts to Stimulate the Economy

Brett Greene | Posted 12.19.2011

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Brett Greene

Most of the people I know with student loans do not expect to be able to pay them off in less than 30 years. Some of them do not know if they will be able to pay off their student loan debt in their lifetime.

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Zuckerman on Business Despair and Obama

Robert Teitelman | Posted 12.05.2011

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Robert Teitelman

Zuckerman's entire argument rests uneasily on his armchair reading of psychology. Consumers and executives are depressed, anxious, and they will only spend again when they feel better -- not that they are over-leveraged and that aggregate demand is deficient.

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Imagining a World Without Banks

Ann Lee | Posted 11.29.2011

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Ann Lee

Like a cancer that has caused the rest of the economy to get sick, the banking tumor that has grown out of control must be removed or it will eventually kill the whole economy.

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"Free Market" Politicians Call for Austerity and Cuts While Financial Markets Call for Keynesian Stimulus and Jobs

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.28.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

As markets warn of the risk of double-dip recession or even depression, politicians in Washington and Berlin -- who claim to believe in "free markets" -- fiddle while Rome may be about to burn.

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Too Little, Too Late: The President's "Big Jobs Speech"

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 11.08.2011

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Peter Smirniotopoulos

When what we really needed was a new vision for America and a clear path forward, what we received instead was a collection of tepid, "been there/done that," short-term fixes. A Band-Aid on a shotgun blast.

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CATO Institute Needs to Look at the Facts Regarding the SBA

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.31.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

If the CATO Institute sincerely wants to help get our economy back on track and create jobs, they need to support small businesses, federal small business contracting programs, and my campaign to end the diversion of small business contracts to corporate giants.

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On Jobs: Tell It Like It Is

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.30.2011

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Robert L. Borosage

Half measures aren't likely to pass anyway. And worse, they constitute presidential malpractice, using the "bully pulpit" to confuse rather than educate the American people about the straits we are in. Far better simply to tell it like it is.

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Obama's 'Irene Economic Stimulus'

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.29.2011

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The Relentless Conservative

Well, I've now seen it all. Some political observers and pundits now say Hurricane Irene will be good for the economy.

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Compensating for "Disappeared" Money

Paul A. London | Posted 10.25.2011

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Paul A. London

Republican presidential candidates are confused when they attack the Fed for "printing money." So are many others. The Fed was created in 1913 precisely to "print money" when it was needed.

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Inconsequential Washington

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.16.2011

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Sen. Fritz Hollings

Announcing his candidacy for president, Governor Rick Perry promised: "I'll work every day to make Washington as inconsequential in your life as I ca...

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Zach Carter

Bachmann Defends Stimulus Hypocrisy

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Fresh from her victory in the Ames Straw Poll, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) had to defend her positions on government spending and ec...

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Three Sound Legal and Moral Reasons For Strategic Default

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 08.23.2011

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Nicholas Carroll

The standard justification is that "It's in the contract that the bank gets the house if you default." There are three much stronger justifications.

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The Military as a Jobs Program: There Are More Efficient Ways to Stimulate an Economy

Ellen Brown | Posted 08.23.2011

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Ellen Brown

The half of the budget now going to military pursuits could be better spent. If we are going to double exports in the next five years, as President Obama has pledged, we will need to divert some of the resources poured down the black hole of war to productive civilian industry.

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Tax Cheats Received Billions In Stimulus Cash, Report Finds

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid ...

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The Numbers Are In: Personal Debt Walkaway Is an Important Economic Stimulus

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 07.19.2011

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Nicholas Carroll

A recent report calculates $67 billion a year less in home interest payments are being made than in early 2008, giving credence to what some have been writing since 2009: a dollar not sent to Wall Street is a dollar to be spent on Main Street.

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