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Current Events » in reply to "Broken window" economic fallacy

A Big Duh For Me and Tom

marsby — 1/31/2008 5:59:17 PM (archived)

Just look up the Fed's interest rate changes. They were historically low for so long becuase this recovery sucked compared to others.

Regards,
Mark

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The whole thread (17 posts)

Tax rebate checks - RobVG - 1/24/2008 5:27:22 AM
- re: Tax rebate checks - RobVG - 1/24/2008 6:46:42 PM
  - re:I wonder though if the short term benefit of the package will balance the cost of increasing the national debt? - TAFKASE - 1/25/2008 2:54:00 PM
- This isn't about fixing the economy. - TB - 1/24/2008 5:31:32 AM
  - Told Ya So Tom - marsby - 1/24/2008 6:02:22 PM
    - Don't confuse targeted and temporary rebates with broad-range tax cuts. - TB - 1/24/2008 6:21:33 PM
      - Baloney - marsby - 1/29/2008 6:04:54 AM
        
        "Broken window" economic fallacy - TB - 1/29/2008 6:50:42 PM
        
        A Big Duh For Me and Tom - marsby - 1/31/2008 5:59:17 PM
        
        True & False - marsby - 1/31/2008 5:54:02 PM
      - Where will it go. - RobVG - 1/24/2008 7:06:04 PM
        
        well said (n/t) - Tony - 1/24/2008 7:16:45 PM
    - Corrected link For "Stimulus deal struck" Article - marsby - 1/24/2008 6:06:34 PM
  - It's not totally unbalanced. - RobVG - 1/24/2008 5:39:23 AM
    - Its a wasted effort. - TAFKASE - 1/24/2008 5:50:24 AM
      - You have no worries? Good for you. - RobVG - 1/24/2008 6:10:57 AM
        
        We need no new tax cuts... - TAFKASE - 1/24/2008 9:00:17 PM

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