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Grading The American Jobs Act
Obama’s plan left our panel of economic experts only half-cheering.
“Pass this bill,” demanded the president last week. But how helpful will that be? We asked Jeff Madrick, Mohamed El-Erian, and other top economists of all political stripes to score each proposal on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the worst), with marks for innovation, impact and political feasibility.