Alex Merced discusses Stimulus va Austerity and the pro and cons and blasts through why this debate has been extremely messed up.

Alex Merced on Consumption Patters and Unemployment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPJkQzEecI

YaHuWaHservant on Austerity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4uKzlrEPFQ

Veronique De Rugy on Austerity:
http://mercatus.org/publication/austerity-numbers
http://mercatus.org/publication/european-austerity-government-expenditures-country
http://mercatus.org/video/austerity-blame-europes-economic-woes

Econtalk episodes about Stimulus:
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/09/garett_jones_on_1.html
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/01/fazzari_on_stim.html
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/10/ramey_on_stimul.html
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/sumner_on_money.html