Holiday News| More...
 

Stimulus

Realigning The Third Wheel

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Surowiecki, Mayors, Urban Policy, Federalism, Paul Krugman, Stimulus, Third Stimulus, Cities, States, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Politics News
Harry Moroz

While the stimulus package directed $140 billion to state governments, the recovery act sent very little money directly to cities, which would generate longer-term dividends for federalism.

Read Post

DeMint Refuses To Take Back 'Waterloo' Statement: "It's Not Personal"

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goverment Spending, Demint, South Carolina, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Demint, Health Care, Stimulus, Waterloo, Politics News

WASHINGTON - An outspoken Southern Republican says it's time to "put the brakes on" President Barack Obama, saying he's advocating too much government...

Read Whole Story

Help Us Do Stimulus Spot Checks

ProPublica | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Stimulus, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Citizen Journalism, ProPublica Reporting Network, Department of Transportation, Politics News
ProPublica

We at ProPublica have designed a public reporting assignment to gauge the stimulus' progress to date. It is an ambitious -- but doable -- undertaking.

Read Post

Bernanke To Congress: Fed Can Handle Supercop Role

AP | Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed, Ben Bernanke, Stimulus, Economic Crisis, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Testimony, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday fended off congressional skepticism about expanding the Fed's duties to police b...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Has Millions In Spending On Actual Pork, Ham

New York Post | GEOFF EARLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Food Banks, Stimulus Spending, Pork Barrel Spending, Pork, Stimulus, Business News

Millions of dollars for pork. No, we mean actual pork. The NY Post reports today that the government is going on a stimulus spending "deli run," with ...

Read Whole Story

Seance on Wall Street

Dean Baker | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Budget Deficit, Stimulus, Medicare, Wall Street, Social Security, U.S. Budget, Budget, Business News
Dean Baker

Those who want fantastic stories about the unknowable would be much better off visiting people who promise to communicate with the dead than listening to the Wall Street spokespeople.

Read Post

Mark Sanford: Cheating SC Gov Says God Will Make Him Better

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford, Sanford, Governors, Stimulus, Appalachian Trail, Politics News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece...

Read Whole Story

Federal Stimulus Helped States Plug Budgets: Govs

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Budgets, Economic Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus, Governors, Recession, Politics News

BILOXI, Miss. — A bipartisan group of governors said Saturday that the federal stimulus package helped states avoid deep budget cuts during the ...

Read Whole Story

Arthur Delaney

1.5 Million To Exhaust Unemployment Benefits By The End Of The Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Insurance, Stimulus, Recession, Business News

More than 500,000 Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits by the end of September. And by the end of the year, the number will near 1.5 mil...

Read Whole Story

New York's Untouched Stimulus Money: Billions Remain Unspent

AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, New York Stimulus Funds, Governor David Patterson, Federal Stimulus Money, Governor David Paterson, Federal Stimulus, David Patterson, Stimulus, David Paterson, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Even as New York rushes to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for roads and bridges, billions more a...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Impact on Eight U.S. Cities

ProPublica | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlotte, Stimulus, Economy, Las Vegas, St. Cloud, Elkhart, Politics News
ProPublica

The success of the economic stimulus package depends on what happens in U.S. cities. As part of our effort to track the stimulus from bill to building, ProPublica is watching eight locales for a feature called StimCities.

Read Post

Nassim Taleb, Black Swan Author: What We Should Do About Debt

ft.com | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Debt, Black Swan, Stimulus, Debt to Equity, Business News

The core of the problem, the unavoidable truth, is that our economic system is laden with debt, about triple the amount relative to gross domestic pro...

Read Whole Story

Barney Frank On The Daily Show: Don't Call It Stimulus (VIDEO)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Stimulus, Barney Frank Daily Show, Barney Frank, Business News

Dealbreaker points us to Barney Frank's appearance on the Daily Show last night. Frank was in a jovial mood, even at one point invoking the spirit of ...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Funds Go To Improving Energy In Texas

myhighplains.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Solar, Austin, Green, Renewable Energy, Wind, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus, Austin Texas, Texas, Evolving Energy Tech, Environment, Oil, Green News

More than 218-million-dollars in federal stimulus funds are being made available to Texas for public sector energy improvements....

Read Whole Story

AIG Bonus Recipients Upbeat About Economy

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Aig, Andy Borowitz, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Bernard Madoff, Stimulus, Bernie Madoff, Who-Moved-My-Soap, Satire, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Mr. Harbock says that his consumer confidence has also taken a positive turn since receiving his bonus check, which totaled $5.4 million.

Read Post

Stimulus Money May Finally Flow To Green Energy

forbes.com | Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Solar Energy, Biomass Energy, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Evolving Energy Tech, Obama, Green Energy, Green Business, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Green News

It's been a long time coming, but green energy business are about to get their promised boost from the economic stimulus package that President Obama ...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Money Goes To Nissan, Ford, Tesla

ecogeek.org | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nissan, Department of Energy, Electric Cards, President Obama, Environment, Green, Detroit, Ford, Hybrid Cars, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Tesla, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Both the big auto giants and the lightweight electric startups applied for as much of said money as possible, and the Department of Energy is moments ...

Read Whole Story

The Stimulus We Need

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zoning, Economic Crisis, Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander, Planning, Green Economy, Metrosprawl, Business, Stimulus, Entrepreneur, Urban Sprawl, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, President, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

We need a vision that will excite businesses and alert them to where investments can be fruitfully made. A vision that exudes confidence about the future.

Read Post

Ensign Favors Stimulus of His Package

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Economic Stimulus Package, Sex Scandal, John Ensign, Stimulus Package, Bernard Madoff, Stimulus, Bernie Madoff, Who-Moved-My-Soap, Republicans, Satire, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"I misread my package's needs," the senator said. "It needs significantly more stimulus than I originally thought."

Read Post

Obama: We Don't Need A Second Stimulus (VIDEO)

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus, US Stimulus, Second Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Second Stimulus, Barack Obama Stimulus, Politics News

(AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday dismissed the idea the nation might need a second stimulus to jolt the economy out of reces...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Aid Said To Be Moving Faster After "Learning Curve"

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Learning Curve, Stimulus Aid, Obama Stimulus, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says it has been on a "learning curve" with the economic-stimulus package but has figured out how to spend some...

Read Whole Story

Is The Third Time The Charm?

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economists, Mohamed El-Erian, Unemployment, Speaker Pelosi, Stimulus, Pimco, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Economy, Politics News
Harry Moroz

The dismal unemployment report released last week inspired renewed interest in a second economic stimulus, and economists, from Krugman to Feldstein, have led the charge for another injection.

Read Post

Dems Launch Stimulus Offensive To Counter GOP Criticism

The HIll | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ads, Suzanne Kosmasm, Gop, Dnc, DNC Ad, Mary Jo Kilroy, Mitch McConnell, Democratic National Convention, Dorothy Hukill, Economic Crisis, John Boehner, Economy, Democrats, Steve Stivers, Stimulus, Republican Party, Unemployment, Democratic Party, Stimulus Package, Republicans, Politics News

The Democrats are fighting back on the GOP's stimulus criticism. The majority party is no longer content just to let the stimulus debate play out in ...

Read Whole Story

Second Stimulus: How Would It Go Down?

Slate Magazine | Christopher Beam | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Laura Tyson, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus, Second Stimulus, Business News

Rumblings about a second stimulus package began over the weekend, when Vice President Joe Biden told George Stephanopoulos on This Week that the admin...

Read Whole Story

Power Of Stimulus Slow To Take Hold As Rising Unemployment Blunts Obama's Recovery Plan

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Recovery Plan, Stimulus Unemployment, Stimulus, Rising Unemployment, Politics News

Five months after Congress approved a massive package of spending and tax cuts aimed at reviving an ailing economy, the jobless rate is still climbing...

Read Whole Story