Warring economists agree that it has helped—if not enough
(NEWSER) - Economists are still fighting about whether the economic stimulus was too small, or too big and wasteful, but a consensus is emerging, at least, that the $787 billion package, flawed as it is, is working. With a quarter of the money now spent, the New York Times says a broad range of economists agree that the combination of tax cuts and spending—rather than one or the other, which would have pleased either liberals or conservatives more—has been effective in creating and saving jobs. More»
