Why Obama Needs To Create A More Visionary Response to the Crisis

It may seem odd to be attacking Barack Obama, the visionary, for a failure of vision. But ever since he took office, he has failed to make his economic recovery program appealing to the masses by giving people something tangible to believe in. It's not surprising, given that he's delegated economic policymaking to a bunch of, well, economists. But it's time to change. We addressed just this topic almost two months ago and now -- Joel Kotkin and Jim Pinkerton --- pick up the thread.