Quotes of the day

Let's end with a chortle - isn't it nice to see Krugman and DeLong relying on the Regan-era tax cut fueled boom to justify the Obama-era recovery plan?--Tom Maguire

"Watchmen" establishes [Zack Snyder] as Hollywood's reigning master of psychic suffocation.--Joe Morgenstern

When I studied monetary economics with him in 1995, Bernanke showed humility about the power of government to mitigate economic crises. He thought about long-run policy consequences - and recognized that a "do something - anything!" mentality often makes a bad downturn worse. Now he looks like any other DC demagogue. What a disappointment.--Bryan Caplan