Two Short Articles Worth Reading

Sundays NYTimes Business section had 2 worth-while articles:

The New Deal Didn’t Always Work, Either, at
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23view.html?_r=1&sq=Tyler%20Cowen&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print

and

What if a Slowdown Is a Never-Ending Story? at
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23every.html?sq=Ben%20Stein&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print