(Ruth Fremson | The New York Times) President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris watches, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. "The same logic that predicted sluggish recovery from the last big slump points to a much faster recovery this time around -- again, once the pandemic is under control," writes New York Times opinion columnist Paul Krugman.