After my commentary on NPR, I spent a lot of time last week talking to bright non-economists about the various proposals to stimulate the economy by giving people money...

The dollar is dropping, financial firms have lost billions of dollars in subprime loans, credit is tight and the stock market this month has given up all the gains it made last year..

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is set to release an economic stimulus and tax-cut plan Saturday that would reduce taxes for both individuals and businesses...

With remarkable speed, Congress, the White House, Republicans, Democrats and even the Federal Reserve have come to a consensus on the need for economic stimulus to moderate and perhaps forestall a recession...