Inflation Solution?

The Wall Street Journal has a good piece today on how a rise in inflation (it says 5%) would do a great deal get the economy up and running again. The basic idea is that it will destroy debt. The argument is not new - of very provocative - the surprise is the source.

Job Growth and the Recovery

David Leonardt in the New York Times has a great chart breaking down the job growth in 2010 and what that means for the shape and duration of the recovery. The general picture is not new, but the way it is described is quite useful and insightful.