Is Phillip Swagel Looking at the Same Numbers as the Rest of Us?

That's what readers of the NYT's Economix blog must be asking. Swagel used his column today to complain:

"The improvement in the budget outlook for this year and the next several has empowered the fiscal “ostrich caucus,” but does not change the reality of a “severe long-run fiscal imbalance.” President Obama has spoken about the need to take on the long-term fiscal challenge. But this requires making difficult choices to address the funding gaps in Social Security and Medicare, and on this M...