Economics 101

I understand that the New York Times isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I thought Bill Keller added some words of wisdom on the economic front in his column at
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/opini ... wanted=all

The end of his article has shades of many forum conversations about the health of the world/individual country economy:
forum economic expert member #1: "you pompous ass!"
forum economic expert member #2: "you ignorant slut!"

A good article, one of the most easily read and accurate observations I have read on the economic and political problems besetting the USA - with just a little imagination it can also be applied to a number of other countries!