Expert opinions on the economic stimulus by:
Martin Feldstein (economist & Bush buddy)
N. Gregory Mankiw (economist & Bush buddy)
Bruce Carlson (long but good MP3) (historian)
Robert Reich (political scientist)
Arnold Kling (economist)
Donald Boudreaux (
followup,
criticism by Kling) (economist)
Len Burman (economist)
Joseph Stiglitz (also
here and
here) (economist)
Jason Furman (click "download" link for the full text) (economist)
Jacob Hornberger (nutbar)
Summary: Feldstein originally proposed the stimulus that passed today. Every other well-reasoned opinion I could find is very much against a stimulus. (Stiglitz and Burman both start by saying they want a stimulus, but only as rhetorical points -- the stimuli they propose are greater deficit spending and a tax increase, respectively.) Read!
PS: Guess the Nobel Prize winner on that list!
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