If the 800m in China's countryside are persuaded to spend their money rather than save it, stronger domestic consumption could give a big boost to an economy still skewed towards exports.
Volkow said annual reports from a narcotics control board at the United Nations noted a 300 percent increase in the production and supply of stimulants in the United States between 1995 and 2006.
The team discovered that a certain B. subtilis signalling molecule, known as competence and sporulation factor (CSF), is detected by human gut cells (Cell Host &Microbe, vol 1, p 299).
The stimulus package provided money to convert the inefficient, paper-driven medical system to electronic records that can be easily viewed and transmitted.
Call these projects "stimulus", and suddenly, a ship headed for the reef of economic disaster might sail through congress flying the flag of economic recovery.