Money well spent
Subtitle: the truth behind the trillion dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history
By: Michael Grabell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781610390095; 9781610390101
Subjects: Economic stabilization; Recessions; Economic development projects; Job creation; Economic policy; Economic conditions; Federal aid
Description: Traces the evolution of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 while offering insight into its fiercely partisan supporters and detractors, explaining how the money was spent and what will be the most likely outcome.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ditch; title: Doubt to redoubt; title: Follow the money; title: No, thank you; title: Shovel-ready; title: Recovery inaction; title: One man's waste; title: Cash for clunkers; title: Jobs, jobs, jobs; title: The green economy; title: The carrot that feels like a stick; title: The shellacking; title: Connected country; title: Sputnik moment?; title: Magic bullets?