It is hard to begin to describe what is wrong with this article. I agree that BO hasn't been very good at recovery, but not for the same reasons. The author cites the FDR model as why we have failed so far. But the FDR model worked to a great extent. It was only after they tried to balance the budget in '36-'37 that we had a setback. And what brought us out of it finally? War, the ultimate in Keynesian style government spending.