How to Kill a Recovery

[lsanderson]

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: March 3, 2011

The economic news has been better lately. New claims for unemployment insurance are down; business and consumer surveys suggest solid growth. We’re still near the bottom of a very deep hole, but at least we’re climbing.

It’s too bad that so many people, mainly on the political right, want to send us sliding right back down again. More