HOW DO YOU SPELL ECONOMIC RELIEF?
Part 1

Let the Fed stew over the economic crisis all it wants.Our readers, or at least the bulk of the 255 of you who respondedto last week's Quick Poll, chose to rely on the resilience ofPrivate Enterprise. So say 54%. An argument can be made forEconomic Relief coming through the combined good works of theprivate and public sector, and 38% chose this as their Great DebtHope. A small, timid 9% believe the Fed alone can do it. DouglasHerzbrun is global head of research for CB Richard Ellis Investorsin Los Angeles, and in this first of a two-part Poll on the stateof the economy, he provides his take on the best way out: Here'swhy:

"I'd clearly fall into the camp of No. 3—that we can't have onewithout the other. We need both stimulus provided by the federalgovernment and the private sector stepping up to the plate to getthe economy back on track.