The U.S. Economic Policy Debate Is a Sham
bloomberg.com — Watching Democrats and Republicans hash out their differences in the public arena, it’s easy to get the impression that there’s a deep disagreement among reasonable people about how to manage the U.S. economy. 1 day 7 hr ago
FTA: In reality, there’s remarkable consensus among mainstream economists, including those from the left and right, on most major macroeconomic issues. The debate in Washington about economic policy is phony. It’s manufactured. And it’s entirely political.
40 Economists Say The GOP Has Abandoned Economic Reality
thinkprogress.org — A survey of forty economists from across the ideological and partisan spectrum has concluded that on some of its most cherished issues, the Republican Party has simply taken leave of economic reality. For instance, economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers noted that one of the results from the survey — run by the University of [...] 19 hr 5 min ago
Poll Results | IGM Forum – Economic Stimulus
igmchicago.org — The massive global movements of capital, products, and talent in the modern economy have fundamentally changed the nature of business in the 21st c…
Question A: Because of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. unemployment rate was lower at the end of 2010 than it would have been without the stimulus bill.
Question B:Taking into account all of the ARRA’s economic consequences — including the economic costs of raising taxes to pay for the spending, its effects on future spending, and any other likely future effects — the benefits of the stimulus will end up exceeding its costs.