On The Polls And The Obamaian Stimulus Package

By: Pejman Yousefzadeh (Diary)  |  January 20th at 12:56 AM  | 

Most of the headlines suggest that Barack Obama’s stimulus package enjoys wide and deep support among the populace. Russell Roberts points out that things are a little more complicated than that. Just out of curiosity, why is it that a mainstream journalist has not appeared to notice the same thing?

Barack Obama v. His Economic Advisers

By: Pejman Yousefzadeh (Diary)  |  January 12th at 01:27 AM  | 

It bears remembering that prior to hitching their stars to the Obama wagon, the economic advisers the President-elect chose took direct issue with many of the items in the expected stimulus package the incoming Administration is going to try to pass through Congress: For example, giving more federal aid to states, one of Obama’s proposals, falls in the “medium” range of cost-effectiveness and carries much | Read More »