The silver lining?

by Russ Roberts on February 10, 2010

in Myths and Fallacies

I’d like readers to keep a lookout for articles that talk about the snow storms of the East coast having a silver lining–the increased demand for gutter repairs, roof repairs and snow cleanup that will stimulate the economy.

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1 epatl February 12, 2010 at 12:52 pm

Russ,

This story which profiled a few people making money off of the storm aired this morning on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...

To be fair, at other points on the show this morning, they talked about some of the people who had been adversely affected by the storm, but this segment on its own sounds like it's really emphasizing the “silver lining” you describe.

2 gmuphilguy February 13, 2010 at 12:35 am

This “Time” blog post talks about income tax collected from state paid snow removal services. They put the so-called “snow stimulus” multiplier at 1.6. Whoopie!

http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/02...

3 gmuphilguy February 13, 2010 at 5:35 am

This “Time” blog post talks about income tax collected from state paid snow removal services. They put the so-called “snow stimulus” multiplier at 1.6. Whoopie!

http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/02...

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