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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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By Luigi Zingales, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Hal Scott
Wall Street Journal; May 6th, 2009
The results of bank stress tests — expected tomorrow — will no doubt prompt calls for further government guarantees and capital injections. But continuing to prop up the banks with government cash is a mistake. There is a better approach.