World by slow growth, economic crises and political discord. things are looking up. economic data suggests that the u.s. is moving toward stronger growth if that happens it has a restorative effect everywhere. the u.s. economy remains the world's largest by far, still three times the size of china's economy in real dollars. so if the american economy begins to boom, everyone prospers, and all of america's problems, while real, get less dire. tax revenues go up, state budgets look better, pension plans become more solvent. the crucial statistic is unemployment. while i hope that goes down, it r...