New study shows that "Cash for Clunkers" was a wash economically. I promise research on the environmental value. NPR
New study shows that "Cash for Clunkers" was a wash economically. I promise research on the environmental value. NPR
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You may remember the government's "cash for clunkers" program. It burned fast and bright last July. Now the EPA is planning to use some of that...
In July, America's "Cash for Clunkers" program became a front-page news story. Championed by environmental groups, progressive think tanks,...
Jeff Jacoby, a conservative columnist for The Boston Globe, has a pretty thorough, well-cited, and convincing assessment of last summer's...
A "cash for clunkers" program made it through Congress yesterday. Starting in August, if you have a car that gets less than 18 miles per gallon,...
The Car Allowance Rebate System (acronym: CARS) is going into effect today. Commonly known as "Cash for Clunkers," the program gives cash vouchers...
According to number crunching and pretty visualizations by PoliticalMathBlog, Cash for Clunkers was big for Japan. "As I was looking through...
A couple weeks ago, one of our resident columnists Ben Jervey wrote about Cash For Clunkers programs starting in various locales around the...
And just like that, the Cash for Clunkers program is being suspended. Apparently it was so popular that the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Obama is now saying they will find ways to fund Cash for Clunkers beyond the amount that was already pledged and instantly eaten up by Americans...
A year ago, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the "stimulus bill." The bill was designed to...
Last August, Utah instituted a four-day workweek for 17,000 government employees. They started working four 10-hour days instead of five...
Yes, it did. The District's 5-cent bag tax generated about $150,000 during January to help clean up the Anacostia River, even though residents...

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We took inspiration from Studs Terkel and spoke with 10 people-five with full-time jobs and five without-about what work means to them in 2010.

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When a teacher spends his free time becoming a better artist he also becomes a better teacher. There is an oft-repeated saying that those who...