Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted February 4, 2009 at 1:00am

in economic activity.
Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears weekly in CQ Politics. Beginning next week, his column will appear on Fridays.

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