New at Reason: Veronique de Rugy on the Secret Message of Stimulus Spending

November 3, 2009

The idea behind the $787 billion stimulus bill, writes Veronique de Rugy, is that government can create jobs by spending money. Which means we should expect the government to invest relatively more money in states that have the highest unemployment rates and less money in states with lower unemployment rates. So has this happened? Let's check the data.

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