Money well spent?
Grabell, Michael.
Money well spent? the truth behind the trillion-dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history / [electronic resource] : Money well spent Michael Grabell. - 1st ed. - New York : PublicAffairs, c2012. - xv, 391 p. : ill., port.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371, 373) and index.
1: Recession -- File your unemployment electronically -- The ditch -- Let's make a deal -- Follow the money -- No, thank you -- 2: Recovery? -- Shovel-ready -- Recovery inaction -- One man's waste -- Cash for clunkers -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- 3: Reinvestment -- The green economy -- "The carrot that feels like a stick" -- The shellacking -- Connected country -- Sputnik moment? -- Magic bullets?.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Job creation--United States.
Economic development projects--United States.
Economic stabilization--United States.
Federal aid--United States.
Recessions--United States.
United States--Economic policy--2009-
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
Electronic books.
HC106.84 / .G73 2012eb
330.973
Money well spent? the truth behind the trillion-dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history / [electronic resource] : Money well spent Michael Grabell. - 1st ed. - New York : PublicAffairs, c2012. - xv, 391 p. : ill., port.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371, 373) and index.
1: Recession -- File your unemployment electronically -- The ditch -- Let's make a deal -- Follow the money -- No, thank you -- 2: Recovery? -- Shovel-ready -- Recovery inaction -- One man's waste -- Cash for clunkers -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- 3: Reinvestment -- The green economy -- "The carrot that feels like a stick" -- The shellacking -- Connected country -- Sputnik moment? -- Magic bullets?.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Job creation--United States.
Economic development projects--United States.
Economic stabilization--United States.
Federal aid--United States.
Recessions--United States.
United States--Economic policy--2009-
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
Electronic books.
HC106.84 / .G73 2012eb
330.973