Boiled down to its essentials, the proposed Jobs Act is a second stimulus package since most of the spending is supposed to take place soon (before the end of 2012), while it will be financed over the next ten years in ways that are unclear...
There are several reasons why a new burst of infrastructure spending by the federal government is unlikely to stimulate a significant economic recovery...
As we commemorate the solemn anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, it merits celebrating that our art, like our society, has so much to say, and so many different things to say, about the meaning of those events...