The mess and how to undo it

Just out for the Kindle: Here's the Deal by David Leonhardt.

Highly recommended essay by the New York Times columnist which "explains lucidly and with calm authority the mess we are in--and how we can get ourselves out of it." ...Political Wire

David Leonhardt is one of the better explainers of how we got into the mess we're in.  Now, how do we get out of it?