Taking Bets

By The Daily Dish

Conservative Harvard economist Robert Barro glimpses disaster ahead:

There is a roughly one-in-five chance that U.S. GDP and consumption will fall by 10% or more, something not seen since the early 1930s.

Nate Silver is puzzled by the research.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/03/taking-bets/204969/