This new column
for National Journal looks at credit after the stress tests, and public
borrowing as cap-and-trade revenues evaporate. It sees trouble ahead.
[The link expires in two weeks.]
The good news is that the world economy may be turning the corner. The bad news is that a lot is still wrong with American banks, and U.S. government borrowing seems to be sliding even further out of control. The first development points to a slow recovery at home, the second to a whole new crisis not far down the road.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/05/onward-to-the-next-economic-crisis/17597/
