Some measures proposed to calm the markets seem unthinkable to many Germans.

ECONOMIST: Germany and the euro

If this seems politically improbable it's possibly no more so than some of the adaptive measures your briefing proposed.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Besides, some of the government's proposed measures are ones the conservatives, too, have long advocated.

ECONOMIST: Schr?der thumped

Some of the emergency measures that we've been taking and we've proposed to take help to bridge the gap to where the economy is more fully healed.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama at LinkedIn Town Hall