There really are green shoots of recovery. If the index of shipping costs is rising, is trade also rising?

Fascinating: what the truly non-partisan economists say about tax cuts as stimulus.

Also fascinating: what politicians think is economic analysis.

Will a stimulus work? Depends upon what you mean by stimulus and what you mean by work.

If you mean this stimulus and "work" means anything useful, probably not.

Man flying in taxpayer funded plane criticises those who fly in partially taxpayer funded plane.

And finally, can there be such a thing as too much bacon or sausage?