Sometimes, economics is interesting

But only sometimes! Don't think I'm getting soft in my dotage! Anyway, for some reason, I found this mildly depressing, mildly optimistic analysis of of America's economic state by Brad DeLong surprisingly informative. Even though I'd still rather read some biology.

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