Posted on
October 19, 2010
in Government’s Response to the Crisis
A fantastic success, for government, says Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs is editor of the Independent Review and a senior fellow with the Independent Institute in Oakland, California, but he resides in Louisiana. In his presentation to the Mises Institute Supporters Summit – held from October 8th to the 9th – he reflects on just how much of a failure the Recovery Act was (41 minutes).
Fergus Hodgson is the capitol bureau reporter with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. He can be contacted at fhodgson@pelicanpolicy.org, and one can follow him on twitter.
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