"We're Falling Without a Parachute"

By Isaiah J. Poole

Created 02/04/2009 - 3:12pm

Three economists have laid out in stark terms what the stakes are for the economy in the economic recovery debate now going on in the Senate—and brought home just how dangerous conservative obstructionist rhetoric really is.

"This cannot be allowed to fail," Alan Blinder, economist at Princeton University, said during a conference call organized by Americans United for Change. He later added, when describing the state of the economy, "We're falling without a parachute right now."