Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The National Bureau of Economic
Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009,
yet 2012 didn’t look like much of a resurgence.
To me, the number that sums up the year’s doldrums is the
1.27 million increase in the number of disabled Americans
without jobs from November 2011 to November 2012. This statistic
reflects not only the sluggish recovery but also a drifting
nation, badly in need of tough medicine.
