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Stop and Start Consumption: the Cash for Clunkers Fiscal Stimulusigmforum 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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Started by faculty members from the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Global markets have generated confusion among policymakers and the public. The IGM promotes sound analysis of how these markets work, their effects, and the way they interact with policies and institutions. 
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December 3, 2008
By Oliver Hart and Luigi Zingales
This year will be remembered not just for one of the worst financial crises in American history, but also as the moment when economists abandoned their principles. There used to be a consensus that selective intervention in the economy was bad. In the last 12 months this belief has been shattered.