This article specifically talked about interest rates, especially interest rates given out by the government.  Right now the government is debating whether to raise the interest rates that it gives to Wall street and its companies. After the recession, the government wanted to encourage people to spend money, in order to speed up the economy once again.  However one big problem with this idea is the effectiveness and efficiently, in fact many government officials and economists argue that it has not been efficient, and this program should stop.