All the economics have gotten worse in the past five years. The process is going to be very painful.

I have taught economics in that program to similar students for the past five years, and [at the center] I teach high school teachers how to teach economics to high school students. Many are from minority, immigrant backgrounds, and it's very useful to have this skill.

He will go, but he'll go screaming. He can perhaps hold a little longer. He is clinging with such tenacity it's staggering.

Both candidates have made big promises to cut taxes. But neither has said where the money is coming from or how they'll cut the debt.

He will go some way to address the problems, but he will not be radical.

When you have someone selling himself so vigorously, you will provoke a reaction, even personal animosity. If all you see when you walk around is someone's cheerful grin saying everything is really ok, well, you're going to get annoyed.