The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, generally know as the Economic Stimulus Bill, is currently in Conference Committee. A vote is expected Friday, February 13, 2009. The latest version of the bill, in addition conference reports, can be found here at the Library of Congress.
FEE Analysis of Economic Stimulus Bills
- “Keynes Returns,” by Sheldon Richman
- “Smoot and Hawley Return,” by Sheldon Richman
- “What is Seen and Unseen: Government Job Creation,” by Larissa Price
- “Fallacy of the Free Lunch,” by William Anderson
Analysis of Economic Stimulus Bill from other sources
- “Spending is not stimulus,” by Daniel Mitchell, Cato Institute
- “The Troubling Return of Keynesianism,” by Ike Brannon, Former Senior Advisor, U.S. Treasury, and Chris Edwards, Cato Institute
Background on Economic Stimulus and Keynesianism
- “The Trouble with Keynes,” by Roger W. Garrison (The Freeman, October 1993)
- “John Maynard Keynes: The Damage Still Done By a Defunct Economist,” By Richard M. Ebeline (The Freeman, May 2006)
- “Keynesianism in a Nutshell,” by Henry Hazlitt (The Freeman, Novemeber 1982)
- “Inflationism,” William Peterson (The Freeman, August 1977)
Background on Economic Depression
- “The Great Depression According to Milton Friedman,” by Ivan Pongracic Jr. (The Freeman, September 2007)
- “The Mysteries of the Great Depression Finally Solved, by Mark Skousen (The Freeman, July 1997)
- “Great Myths of the Great Depression,” by Lawrence W. Reed