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October 26, 2009

Taking the Long View of the Stimulus

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

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Oct 23 2009, 3:15 pm by Derek Thompson

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Thank you for this update. All your caveats are correct-- for example, Canada was much less affected by the crisis, so their relatively poor performance this year is more understandable and driven by their neighbors (and their decrease in GDP from expectations partially affected by commodity prices too).

The caveats applied back in June, though, which is why I thought your post then was a bit too...

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