This article gives you good historical perspective for thinking about what can be done to get the economy out of its current slump.
EXCERPT:
"There's the silver lining to our current cloud. It is that the economic mediocrity of the recent years constitutes someone's advantage. And that someone is young innovators. All this time, demand has once again been building. As soon as the economy feels reliable, people will go out and make the 2015 equivalent of the early PC."
