Robert Samuelson Doesn't Have Access to Government Data

That wouldn't be such a big problem if he didn't write on economic issues. This time the problem affects his discussion of past and future efforts at boosting the economy.

Samuelson seems to think that investment and consumption are depressed because of businesses and consumers fears about the economy. If he had access to the economic data, he would know that non-residential investment is almost back to its pre-recession share of GDP (12.3 percent in the most recent quarter compared to an ave...