Your comments suggest that we have our backs against the wall. I feel impelled to agree and I am actually glad to see such comments. Economics is called the dismal science for good reason. Science and academia do not exist in isolation. As more and more facts are revealed, it is apparent that we are in much bigger trouble than our leaders have thought. If the "recession" doesn't end in a few months, it will become a global depression by definition. There have been times when the US was faced with defeat and encountered a miracle. The US had only enough rubber to fight WW2 for a few months - and suddenly discovered synthetic rubber. I'm sorry to say that we need a similar tech miracle but I don't see an alternative.
