Thank goodness for the liberals that they have a central bank to initiate the boom-bust cycle - that way we can all suffer together! Okay, I admit this is old, but I really like it when politicians admit what depraved criminals they are.

If Hart’s position papers aren’t yet finalized, he certainly has no trouble with the vision thing. "The essential intellectual challenge," he told me, "is how to make liberalism relevant for our time. How do you make the principles of equality and justice and fairness work in a time when everyone’s well off? I struggle with that every day. In my darkest soul, I sometimes wonder if it takes an economic depression."