The American economy: Almost a lost decade | The Economist

The American economy: Almost a lost decade | The Economist Almost a lost decade

• Mar 1st 2010, 17:45 by S.D. | LONDON

For those of you who missed it: a piece in this week's issue looks at the performance of the American economy in the years 2000-2009 on several dimensions, and compares it to previous decades. It's built around the following charts, which, I think, more or less speak for themselves. Perhaps not quite a lost decade, but the worst, on these measures, since the 1930s (or the 1940s).

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