By Catherine Rampell
President-elect Barack Obama and members of Congress are considering a fiscal stimulus package that’s reportedly in the ballpark of $500 billion. How should that money be spent?
We asked a group of economists how they would use the money if they had their druthers. For simplicity’s sake, we gave them the condition that they had to use every penny of the $500 billion on government spending or tax cuts or both. A collection of their responses is below. If you think you have a better plan, leave it in the comments or send it to
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In the meantime, click on any of the following names to jump to that economist’s plan:
more:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/the-ideal-stimulus-package/#stiglitz