The safety-net programs in the federal stimulus that helped fight the recession came at a cost of weakening incentives to work or hire, an economist writes.
Category: stimulus
What the Jobs Numbers Mean for Fed Policy
While the July jobs numbers were better than forecast, they do not seem to have been sufficiently spectacular to change analysts’ expectations for Fed action.
Podcast: Debt Crises, Jobs, Gold and Hulu
A look at the latest Weekend Business podcast, and a listen.
The Cost of Austerity
Cuts by state and local governments have cost the economy about 1 million jobs over the past two years.
The New New Deal: Public Money for Private Jobs
Call it W.P.A. Lite: a stimulus program that uses taxpayer funds to put 247,000 unemployed people directly into jobs.
Checking In on the Job Creation Tax Credit
It’s still much too early to know whether the job creation tax credit signed into law last March is having any effect on job creation, Treasury Department officials said on Monday.
Wait, Did the Stimulus Work?
What does state-by-state data say about that question?