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"Did Welfare Reform Work for Everyone?"
Mary Daly and Joyce Kwok give their assessment of "how one particularly vulnerable group, young single mothers age 18 to 24, fared in the aftermath of welfare reform" in this… Read more »
links for 2009-08-06
An Evaluation of the First 200 Days of Obama Economics - Jeff Frankel Astroturf Along American Highways, and the Republican Plan - Robert Reich Why did debt increase? - Nick… Read more »
The Stimulus Programs are Already Working
I meant to highlight this piece from Brookings last night on the positive effects of the stimulus package that have already occurred, but I sort of fell asleep in my… Read more »
"Mr. Bailout"
A few notes from Economics of Contempt's notes on David Wessel's new book: Quotes/Revelations from Wessel Book. Economics of Contempt: I was traveling all day yesterday, so I had a… Read more »
links for 2009-08-11
Troubled Assets May Still Pose Risk - NYTimes.com Beware of FDI Protectionism - Project Syndicate Randomistas Strike in Turkey! - İyigün Blog A New Data Set on Monetary Policy… Read more »
"An International Comparison of Small Business Employment"
John Schmitt and Nathan Lane of the CEPR: An International Comparison of Small Business Employment, by John Schmitt and Nathan Lane, CEPR: Contrary to popular perceptions, the United States has… Read more »
"Astro-Turf Trolls for the Blogosphere"
Great. Organized, paid blog trolls: Make no mistake: GOP is paying trolls to "blog attack", by Politics and Technology: This is unbelievable. We always knew that there were right-wing political… Read more »
Stabilization Policy and Intertemporal Shifts in Output and Consumption
I've seen lots of objections to the Cash for Clunkers program based upon the fact that all the program does is shift consumption intertemporally, it doesn't actually create sales that… Read more »
Paul Krugman: Averting the Worst
[Note: The actual column, "Averting the Worst" by Paul Krugman, is here.] ***** I heard you say that we aren’t going to have a second Great Depression. What saved us… Read more »
Wealth Inequality
Daniel Little on wealth inequality: Wealth inequality, by Daniel Little: When we talk about inequality in the United States, we usually have a couple of different things in mind. We… Read more »
