Government Spending

Drunken Sailors Have Feelings Too

collardosblog — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:31:23 -0500

Stimulus Checkup - 100 Ridiculous Projects Funded by the American Recovery Act

mish — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:31:54 -0500

Inquiring minds are interested in projects that Put America To Work. Please consider this Stimulus Checkup courtesy of Senator John McCain and Senator Tom Coburn. read more »

Stimulating Anachronism, Stifling Innovation

Mises — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:01:00 -0400

The government is tying up capital trying to prop up the gigantic and inefficient "Big Three" car companies that were in some ways the iconic firms of the mid-20th century. read more »

Congressional Budget Office 2010 Outlook… Time for the Deficit Manifesto

247Wallst — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:20:50 -0500

The Congressional Budget Office has released new data for the 2010 budget, and the need for more spending freezes and spending controls is becoming more and more evident by the day (as if you didn’t read more »

Global GDP Rebound Is Underway, But Who's The Buyer?

mish — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:32:02 -0400

Many are cheering the "recovery". Unfortunately, the recovery is nothing more than unsustainable government spending, not just in the US but globally. read more »

How Much Is $100 Million?

prof — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:26:33 -0400

This posting is WAAAAY late, but It's still good. As a "perfesser" type, I always enjoy a good visual aid. read more »

$1.3 million per job? For real?

mahar — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:28:10 -0400

Old Europe Is Right on Stimulus - WSJ.com : "The White House estimates of 3.6 million new jobs is based on an 'Old Keynesian' model on the impact of government spending, while the new models adj read more »

Time To Rollback Government Salaries Across The Board

mish — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:08:00 -0500

In response to falling state revenues, the state of Oregon slashed $11.1 million from its judicial budget. That in turn prompted the Chief Justice to order Oregon State Courts to Close Fridays . read more »

Can Tax Cuts Deepen The Recession?

mish — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:20:00 -0500

In one of the more ridiculous Keynesian theories to date, Gauti B. Eggertsson at the New York Fed comes to the conclusion Tax Cuts Will Deepen The Recession . read more »

Market memories & stimulus remedies

kayb — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:02:02 -0500

What's the answer to our economic woes? According to James K.Galbraith, it's government spending. Uncle Sam needs to spend now. Spend a lot. Then spend some more. In the Feb. read more »