You know the economic downturn has gotten bad when it’s slowing the expansion of the new organic supermarket that was supposed to move into my neighborhood. Can’t Congress do something!?

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.