Money for nothing won't grow the economy

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Author(s) Jeff Jacoby
Source The Boston Globe
Date February 1, 2009
URL http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/02/01/money_for_nothing_wont_grow_the_economy/
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Quotes-start.png "Here is a question for Washington's Keynesians: If uninhibited deficit spending is the key to economic growth, how could the Bush administration's galloping budget increases and unbroken string of deficits have left the economy in recession? If Keynes was right, why didn't the enormous growth of government outlays stop the Great Depression in its tracks?" Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.