July 8, 2011 1:53PM 

# This Week in Government Failure 

By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) 

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Over at [Downsizing the Federal Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this past week:

- Chris Edwards explains why [government spending doesn’t work](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/federal-spending-doesnt-work).
- Biggest Keynesian Stimulus + Slowest Recovery = [Time to Rethink Keynesian Theory](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/biggest-keynesian-stimulus-slowest-recovery).
- When it comes to grabbing federal dollars, [Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/mitch-daniels-and-federal-money-grab) is just another politician.
- [A new Cato video](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/cato-video-2-trillion-spending-cuts) takes on the alleged $2 trillion in spending cuts being negotiated on Capitol Hill as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
- Economics has numerous schools of thought, but [Christina Romer’s writing](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/christina-romer%E2%80%99s-na%C3%AFve-keynesianism) reflects nothing but the most simplistic Keynesian framework.
- There is no good argument for keeping the [federal government in education](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/demonization-vs-constitution). But we can’t even have a reasoned debate about that as long as thinly veiled assertions of racism and callousness are the the standard response to any downsizing proposal.

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