02335nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10532614 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110930s2012 nyuac sb 001 0 eng d 2011040969 9781610390095 (hbk.) 1610390091 (hbk.) 9781610390101 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)827738446 n-us--- HC106.84 .G73 2012eb 330.973 23 Grabell, Michael. Money well spent? [electronic resource] : the truth behind the trillion-dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history / Michael Grabell. Money well spent 1st ed. New York : PublicAffairs, c2012. xv, 391 p. : ill., port. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371, 373) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Job creation United States. Economic development projects United States. Economic stabilization United States. Federal aid United States. Recessions United States. United States Economic policy 2009- United States Economic conditions 2009- Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10532614 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 234986 234986