NYT Runs Confused Editorial on China and U.S. Debt in Its News Section

The NYT decided that it did not like the efforts of the government to sustain demand and used a news story to describe this policy as "America's own fiscally dubious habits." While one can argue with the NYT's view that it would be better for the United States to have slower growth and higher unemployment than run a deficit, the more fundamental issue is that such comments are usually reserved for editorial pages.

This is not the only peculiar item in this piece. The article tells readers...