{"59065":{"#nid":"59065","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Boston on CNN","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWill research on ants help the economy or just pay the researchers? Economics Professor Thomas D. Boston responded, \u0022If we\u0027re talking about repairing and rebuilding and constructing projects, then that multiplier for those kinds of projects is much larger. If, on the other hand, you\u0027re engaged in basic scientific research, then that multiplier is much lower because you\u0027re not doing as much direct spending immediately.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Will research on ants help the economy or just pay the researchers? Economics Professor Thomas D. Boston responded, \u0022If we\u0027re talking about repairing and rebuilding and constructing projects, then that multiplier for those kinds of projects is much larger. If, on the other hand, you\u0027re engaged in basic scientific research, then that multiplier is much lower because you\u0027re not doing as much direct spending immediately.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Boston speaks about funding for research"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-01-15 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:50","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1880","name":"Boston"},{"id":"496","name":"CNN"},{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca  Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvam Allen College - Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca  Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}