https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/06/26/wires-crossed/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:25:34 -0400<![CDATA[Guy Sorman at the City Journal looks at the question of restoring economic confidence. Reviewing Paul Krugman&#8217;s book End This Depression Now!, Sorman examine the Nobel Prize winning economist&#8217;s &#8212; now turned pundit &#8212; argument that confidence can be restored by injecting a stimulus of government spending into the economy. Such a jolt would send a signal to producers and consumers: happy days are here again. Since the only thing to fear is fear itself, once the pump was primed the mechanism would keep on going and the economic downturn would be over.]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:41:35 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2012/06/26/wires-crossed-n191793