The Economic Stimulus Package: Will It Work and for Whom?

Congress and the White House recently settled on an economic stimulus package with unusual speed pushing the throttle to pull the economy out of a nosedive. Is this just election-year grandstanding or does economic stimulus really work? While some experts argue that priming the economy now is unnecessary or even counter-productive others support the $168 billion package and its emphasis on low and moderate-income recipients. As for the health of the economy overall experts agree that no economic boom is in the near-term forecast.

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