"How The Other Half Thinks" - Paul Krugman

"Ezra Klein has written in, asking for a post laying out the difference between the more or less Keynesian model Brad DeLong and I work with and the models others have been using – and how their predictions differ. It’s a good request, although the truth is that the other side in this debate doesn’t necessarily agree on a single model, or even use models at all. Still, I think it is possible to describe the general views of the other guys — and to see how off their predictions have been."

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Life and Death, Stat

"THOMAS HAZAZ wanted out. Lying on a gurney, his chest covered with heart sensors, Mr. Hazaz was trying to cajole doctors in the emergency room at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn to unplug him. In less than 24 hours, he needed to be in a tuxedo, walking his youngest daughter down the aisle in a Staten Island banquet hall. Mr. Hazaz, 52, a bartender at Embers, a steakhouse in Bay Ridge, kept saying that the pain in his elbows was nothing but overexertion from lifting heavy stuff at work. The professionals, though, suspected a heart attack."

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"Obama to Call for $50 Billion Spending on Public Works"

"WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday is to call for a down payment of $50 billion in government spending to start up a long-term public works plan for upgradingtransportation networks – roads, rail and airport runways – over the next six years."

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