TY - BOOK AU - Grabell,Michael TI - Money well spent?: the truth behind the trillion dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history SN - 9781610390095 (hbk.) AV - 002 HC 106.84 G727m 2012 U1 - 330.973 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - 20150500 KW - Creación de empleos KW - Estados Unidos KW - Job creation KW - United States KW - Economic development projects KW - Economic stabilization KW - Federal aid KW - Recessions KW - Política económica KW - 2009- KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371, 373) and index; 1: Recession -- File your unemployment electronically -- The ditch -- Let's make a deal -- Follow the money -- No, thank you -- 2: Recovery? -- Shovel-ready -- Recovery inaction -- One man's waste -- Cash for clunkers -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- 3: Reinvestment -- The green economy -- "The carrot that feels like a stick" -- The shellacking -- Connected country -- Sputnik moment? -- Magic bullets? N2 - Traces the evolution of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 while offering insight into its fiercely partisan supporters and detractors, explaining how the money was spent and what will be the most likely outcome ER -