How stimulus saved America but became a dirty word (8:33) 

President Obama’s stimulus program prevented the U.S. from falling into a depression and more of the same could boost the recovery, argues Alan Blinder, Princeton economist and former Federal Reserve vice chairman. In an interview with Reuters Editor-at-Large Sir Harry Evans, Blinder discusses his new book and why evidence that stimulus could work again is being ignored by policymakers. (January 22, 2013)

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