In November, Prime Minister Gordon Brown led the way with a £ 20 billion ($28 billion) stimulus package of tax cuts and spending plans. In December, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück made headlines criticizing the British approach as "crass Keynesianism," but with the U.K. economy in a deep funk it's now looking as if at 1% of GDP it won't be nearly enough.
Stimulating the World Markets
How five countries plan to stimulate their sagging economies