Why have a "coming crisis" when you can have one right now?<p>I mean, I doubt the present "recovery" is going to last more than a couple of years. The problem, actually, isn't the government spending money like crazy to get us out of the crisis. The problem is that government is spending the money on ... <i>the same perps who got us into this mess to begin with</i><p>Plus I wouldn't trust Ken Rogoff's research papers any further than I could throw them - I've followed him for a short while:<p>Two interviews: <a href="http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/11/wheres-the-economy-headed/" rel="nofollow">http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/11/wheres-the-economy...</a> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-rogoff-the-worst-is-over-are-you-kidding-2009-3" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-rogoff-the-wors...</a><p>In the first, 2007, he touts the US economy to the sky against some skeptic. In the second, he angry denounces all the people who didn't see the mess coming - which includes he himself in the first interview! I kind of agree with Rogoff(II) - the liars should be held up to some sort of standard. Why's he still around?