Thursday, July 9, 2009

Red Stimulus , Blue Stimulus

"So, here's a political psychology question. Why did opponents gullibly swallow the stimulus terminology, and thereby defeat? Any ideas?"

"What’s in a name—the political psychology of ‘stimulus’' by David Hirshleifer,
Here


Many of the opponents of the current stimulus package were supporters of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 of President Bush. So stimulus has probably become a lingua franca.



(HT Marginal Revolution)

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