tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post8803835182218560429..comments2023-10-30T09:10:39.502-07:00Comments on (insert title here): stimulate me!Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-24918643457390935412009-03-10T19:14:00.000-07:002009-03-10T19:14:00.000-07:00If the "Keynesian multiplier" for gov't spending i...If the "Keynesian multiplier" for gov't spending is greater than 1, then it's governments duty to spend a bajillion dollars a day.<BR/><BR/>Realistically I think that the multiplier is less than 1. And I pray to whatever supreme being that may or may not exist that it's not less than zero.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796727357548582099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-4997167243891130872009-02-18T07:40:00.000-08:002009-02-18T07:40:00.000-08:00I don't think I left it out so much as took it as ...I don't think I left it out so much as took it as a given. <BR/><BR/>Though I don't think it was a payoff to "liberal" interest groups so much as to interest groups generally, since the big ones give to both parties. Unless you consider government spending generally a "liberal" interest (which I suppose you could.)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-33397809006620879962009-02-18T07:21:00.000-08:002009-02-18T07:21:00.000-08:00i was expecting a post about Birmingham.but this w...i was expecting a post about Birmingham.<BR/><BR/>but this was a good one,too.<BR/><BR/>but you left out: this wasnt about stimulus as much as it was about political payoff to liberal interests groups.<BR/>the economy was just an excuse.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.com