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U.S. economy may sputter for years

 
Unemployment could be worse than now by the time President-elect Barack Obama's first term ends. > Transfixed by the daily spectacle of dismal economic news and wild Wall Street swings, few Americans have looked up to see what a wide array of economists say lies beyond the immediate crisis. (link)

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