Profound Insight on Fiscal Stimulus

From the Stand-up Economist:

If I had to pick an animal to describe the US economy right now I'd have to go with the hamster. But like a really tired hamster that has been running around its cage for like seven years. Right now it's exhausted.

As a micro-economist I would say that the hamster needs some rest. Macro-economists, of course, look at the hamster and think that it needs some methamphetamines.

Now, I'm sure that they are right. Over the past month I've learned that the three most terrifying words in the English language are, "macro-economists agree that".

I'm sure they are right about the hamster needing methamphetamines. But all I'm saying is that in two years that is going to be one ugly hamster.