The Harvard economist Robert Barro, writing in The Wall Street Journal, recently made an intelligent argument against America's fiscal stimulus.

哈佛大学经济学家罗伯特·巴罗在《华尔街日报》撰文反对美国经济刺激方案。

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Some may be crackpots, but the list includes Nobel laureates (Gary Becker, Robert Lucas, Thomas Sargent) as well as other highly esteemed researchers (Robert Barro, John Cochrane, Eugene Fama, Greg Mankiw).

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You might think the views of Greg Mankiw, Robert Barro, Scott Sumner, or George Selgin are wrong, but at least they understand standard macroeconomic concepts and have a coherent story about why they favor alternative models.

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