"There seems to be an increasing awareness that our failure to get the economy on track, or build a vision of it for the future, is a result not just of a feckless president (although a bit of that), but also an absence of smart ideas about what to do—not just specific policies, but bigger, engaging narratives, equivalent to the right-wing conviction that cutting taxes for the wealthy will create jobs …The first issue of Breakthrough Journal, which appeared this week, is among the most complete efforts to provide a fresh answer to that kind of question."