Worse than it seems: drilling down to the rotten foundation of the economic c…

WITH THE ECONOMY APPARENTLY ALREADY IN RECESSION, GAS PRICES NEAR record levels, food prices rising, and inflation generally gaining momentum, economic issues are moving to the center of the presidential campaign. Political reporters have been forced to learn the financial crisis on the fly, while business reporters have had to learn to speak to an ever-growing audience. In March, Dean Starkman…