Mark Thoma — The Contribution of Fiscal Policy to Real GDP Growth

From the comments at Economists View:

Lafayette said...

{Between 2008 and 2011, fiscal impact was positive, indicating that government policy was stimulative; in recent years, it has been negative, indicating restraint.}

And, what happened in 2008 to boost the economy? Lead-head left office and handed Obama on a platter the worst recession since the 1930s.
What did a Dem Prez and a Dem Congress do? They passed the ARRA stimulus spending bill of $831B in 2009. 

Were Americans grateful for having spiked unemployment at 10%, when it could have gone to Great Depression levels of 20/25%?

Nope - they voted the Koch Bros' T-Party in control of the HofR in 2010. All Stimulus Spending stopped dead.

How dumb can voters get? Really effing dumb ...

Not only dumb. Misled by a massive propaganda effort to convince them to vote against their economic interests for ideological reasons. The result. A repeat of 1937.
 

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The Contribution of Fiscal Policy to Real GDP Growth
Mark Thoma | Professor of Economics, University of Oregon