$Prezzie$ Envy

Ezra Klein's reaction to the NY Times piece today that asserts that Prez-Prezzy Bush has prezzzided over an economy worthy of "envy" (the fact of which, goes the Times' argument, has been overshadowed by the war in Iraq, thus stealing from him the credit he so richly deserves) has inspired a hilaryous forum discussion. Check it out. (I agree on the point that the chart Ezra has made as a reaction to Krugger's less-readable chart needs to indicate "the average fiscal deficit/surplus in %GDP (better still would be the rate of change of the deficit, to account for what they inherited from the guy before).")