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...will the economic stimulus from the program spread? The economic impact of the program is significant but short-lived. If we assume an average selling price of $25,000 for the program, and total unit sales of 700,000, the cash-for-clunkers program generated at least $17.5 billion of economic activity, not including incremental sales of additional products, such as extended warranties, alarm systems and financing revenue for the dealerships - as well as roughly $875 million in sales-tax revenue for state governments. When we add in the fiscal multiplier effect, the net impact of the program was easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Cash for Clunkers a Success? | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...barking "Buy one pair of women's jeans, get another free" does. Sales associates don't dance; they tell you deals. Ripped jeans are $30; women's jeans sell for $49.50 (plus the freebie pair); the Aéropostale hoodie is $15, or a quarter of Abercrombie's price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abercrombie & Fitch: Worst Recession Brand? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...time, she reversed the order: she asked how much change 222 undergraduates at two universities were undergoing before asking them to choose between familiar and unfamiliar products - a much longer list this time, including "your regular brand" of deodorant vs. "a new one that looks interesting" at the same price, a free download from a band you know vs. one from a recommended band you don't and orange juice vs. "mandarin guava juice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Discomfort Food: Change May Make Us Crave It More | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...want to be invisible. You need to mind your own business. While you're incarcerated, the only thing you have is respect. If you disrespect someone, you'll pay a price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What to Expect When You're Going to Jail | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...billion for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), $125 billion for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and $83 billion to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And that doesn't even account for the spending scheduled for next year. Add to this the projected $1 trillion price tag of Obama's proposed health-care plan and things begin to look pretty expensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Deficit | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

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