Unemployment is disastrously high, while U. S. inflation data over the past few years almost perfectly match the early stages of Japan's relentless slide into corrosive deflation.

Unfortunately, the only way to open a specific link in a new tab is to slide out the N900's keyboard and hold the ctrl key while you tap the link on the screen.

The slide show of P.D., Jr.'s life, to be sure, features some ugly bits--inflation, recession, rising unemployment, harmful speculation, ballooning debt.