Free Falling

New York magazine had some interesting commentary on “what it would take to send the U.S. economy into free fall”. Many of the points made in this article align with an earlier post:
Increasing Risk: Headwinds
http://hingefire.blogspot.com/2007/10/increasing-risk-headwinds.html

The article from New York magazine is definitely worth a read:
The Catastrophist View
http://nymag.com/guides/money/2007/39952/