Money Talks: Making Sense of the Stimulus Package
Tuesday, March 03 2009
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
Last month, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Better known as the stimulus package, the bill will bring $787 billion to our nation’s coffers. North Carolina is set to receive $6.1 billion of the recovery funds, but where will the money go? How will it help North Carolina's financially ailing families? Host Frank Stasio puts the stimulus package under a microscope to examine how the money will affect local legislation, jobs and the housing market. Joining him are WUNC Capitol Reporter Laura Leslie; Duke University economist and political scientist Mike Munger; North Carolina State University political scientist Andrew Taylor; and Chris Estes, the executive director of the North Carolina Housing Coalition.
This story is part of the Money Talks Series.
