recession

A trillion-dollar deficit is scary. So is a possible second Great Depression. But scarier still would be trying to solve these problems without real input from the public.

More and more economists are arguing that a global financial crisis isn't the time to worry about the federal deficit.

It looks like the powers that be got the message Fed chairman Ben Bernanke was trying to send them this week: if you're going to goose the economy, keep it short and do it soon.