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Fiscal policy

In economics, fiscal policy is the use of government spending and revenue collection to influence the economy.

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  • Who Really Runs Washington?

    …its enormous implications for doctors and patients. Twenty billion dollars was quietly inserted into the February 2009 economic - stimulus bill to spark a digital health-care revolution: in other words, create electronic medical records to replace the current …

    09/29/2009Politics
  • Is ‘Buy American’ a Slogan Worth Preserving?

    …Jeff Madrick, a fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School. Excerpts: IRWIN: In the economic - stimulus bill, one section requires the use of American--made steel in all stimulus-related construction projects unless it costs …

    09/25/2009Business
  • The Great Jobs Question

    …those who want more government and those who want less; between those who fear budget deficits and those who favor more economic " stimulus "; between those who see meager wage gains as impeding recovery and those who see them as encouraging hiring. On Labor …

    09/04/2009Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson
  • Requiem for the Right

    …sun" period. The reverse is happening today. The Democrats now dominate our heliocentric system—first on the economic stimulus , which is already proving to be at least a limited success, and now on the issue of health-care reform. These are …

    08/29/2009Nation
  • Cash For Clunkers' Lasting Impact

    …expensive way to get gas guzzlers off the road. And, the most important question of all: How effective has it been as economic stimulus ? Since the onset of the crisis, top White House economics adviser Larry Summers has argued that stimulus efforts should …

    08/25/2009Tech and Business

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