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Stop and Start Consumption: the Cash for Clunkers Fiscal Stimulus

igmforum editor - September 3rd, 2010

By Atif Mian and Amir Sufi

Proponents of fiscal stimulus argue that targeted subsidies can spur consumers ... Read Cash for Clunkers article>

 

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A Faculty Panel on “What the Effects Will be and What Should be Done”

November 18, 2008

To wrap up the series of Credit Crisis lectures in our Myron Scholes Forum, Brian Barry, John Cochrane, Steven N. Kaplan and Raghuram G. Rajan look at some likely consequences of the crisis, and offer possible steps to resolve it and lessen its impact without setting terrible precedents.

Watch Video, View Kaplan pdf, View Cochrane pdf, View Rajan pdf

The four previous lectures in our Scholes Forum Credit Crisis series, including videos and slides, can also be found here