I don’t know about you, but I have gotten very tired of watching the 24/7 news media spread doom and gloom. The only place where I want to hear about a “double dip” is at my local Baskin Robbins. It seems that commentators are competing for who can be the most gloomy. Underlying much of this, I think, is a growing politicization of economic reporting. If you look carefully at “where someone is coming from” you can generally predict what they will say. Right wing – “cut taxes, get government out... [Read More]