TY - BOOK AU - Grabell,Michael ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Money well spent?: the truth behind the trillion-dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history AV - HC106.84 .G73 2012eb U1 - 330.973 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Job creation KW - United States KW - Economic development projects KW - Economic stabilization KW - Federal aid KW - Recessions KW - Economic policy KW - 2009- KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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?; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10532614 ER -