John F. Wasik is the author of “The Audacity of Help: Obama’s Economic Plan and the Remaking of America” (www.audacityofhelp.net) and “The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable Dream” (www.culdesacsyndrome.com). He also writes a column for Bloomberg News that reaches readers on five continents and has spoken to audiences from coast to coast. For more information on him, see www.johnwasik.com.