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Money well spent? :

by Grabell, Michael. frey50
, Money well spent Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : PublicAffairs, (New York :) , 2012 Physical details: xv, 391 p. ; 25 cm. ISBN:9781610390095 (hbk.); 1610390091 (hbk.); 9781610390101 (electronic); 1610390105 (electronic).
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300 - 399 330.973 Gra (Browse shelf) Available 98436

1: Recession -- File your unemployment electronically -- The ditch -- Let's make a deal -- Follow the money -- No, thank you -- 2: Recovery? -- Shovel-ready -- Recovery inaction -- One man's waste -- Cash for clunkers -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- 3: Reinvestment -- The green economy -- "The carrot that feels like a stick" -- The shellacking -- Connected country -- Sputnik moment? -- Magic bullets?

Traces the evolution of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 while offering insight into its fiercely partisan supporters and detractors, explaining how the money was spent and what will be the most likely outcome.