Economic Stimulus


	Is the Recovery Act Working? You Bet It Is. The GOP says the Recovery Act has been a bust, but the data says otherwise. Read More »
	Is Government Making it Worse? The Evidence Says No I appreciate Ewan’s response to my last post on how recessions are like fires that must be put out. But his post has left me confused, and—I’m sorry to say—more convinced that ideological opponents to fiscal... Read More »
	A Primer on Our Burning Economy The criticism of the stimulus package has revealed something that many of us in the policy world often suspected—most people still don’t understand recessions. Sure, they understand what they are. After all, they are... Read More »
	Why is Cash for Clunkers Working? After allocating hundreds of billions of dollars in an attempt to stimulate consumer demand, it seems like we've found something that actually works: the $1 billion "cash for clunkers" program. Read More »