From New York, a special issue on Money 2009: What’s it worth?; and an article on Michael Moore, Bible Thumper: In his attempt to save America from capitalism, the filmmaker has a very powerful ally. America's Teacher: Naomi Klein interviews Michael Moore on "Capitalism: A Love Story" (and more). Rational irrationality: John Cassidy on the real reason that capitalism is so crash-prone. A review of This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. From The New Yorker, a special issue on money, including Ryan Lizza on Larry Summers and the White House economic team; the history of management consulting: A review of The Management Myth: Why the "Experts" Keep Getting it Wrong by Matthew Stewart; and will consumer spending really stay down? James Surowiecki investigates. Hurry up and wait: Liberal economists think we should reduce the deficit — just not yet. So, did Obama's rescue package end up working after all? The free-marketeers who rallied against the stimulus look back and realize they had almost no idea what they were actually talking about. From Vanity Fair, good billions after bad: Donald Barlett and James Steele on how much of TARP funds ended up in the wrong hands, doing the opposite of what was needed. Heidi Moore on how the biggest government bailout is yet to come — itself. Stop denigrating government — there is no economy without it. The economic shakeup has made government employment suddenly more appealing to younger workers, but is this bad for our private sector?