nder the prospects for an American economic boom a decade or so from now. But that's the thrust of two new studies, which have me thinking like Dr. Pangloss, Voltaire's caricature of optimism. These analyses predict the repair of two of America's greatest economic vulnerabilities in recent times — depen

r both countries higher. In short, euro zone politicians are threatening still more quantitative easing, thinly disguised at best. So, as Professor Pangloss would have said, is all now for the very best in the very best of worlds? Hardly. Reality has already re-asserted itself as market jitters around Sp

ws that I’m not an optimist in the sense of making rosy predictions. But I seem to show that bias in evaluations. I’m two thirds Panglossian. (Doctor Pangloss was the guy in Voltaire’s Candide who said that this is the best of all possible worlds.) I side with the good doctor in that I cannot imagine an imp