"Dude, Where's My Recession?"
By Ed Driscoll · April 30, 2008 10:56 AM
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Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal
James Pethokoukis notes that the economy grew 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008, even with the drag of the Pelosi Premium around its neck:
Now that's not a robust number by any means, but it's not so bad given all the worry out there that the economy is headed off a cliff. Before you declare a recession, as many economic pundits have, shouldn't the economy, well, actually recess a bit—if only for a quarter?
But what about
those rice shortages, eh?