How much worse could it have been?
Los Angeles Times
Critics of the $787-billion stimulus package that Democrats pushed through Congress in early 2009 frequently point out how much worse the economy has fared since then than the Obama administration predicted when it proposed the legislation.
In Study, 2 Economists Say Intervention Helped Avert a 2nd DepressionNew York Times


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