Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson discussed some of the elements of his economic plan with network co-host Larry Kudlow. Kudlow lamented the lack of economic discussion in the last debate and pointed out the lagging recovery of the economy from the 2008 collapse and what Carson thought he could do to turn things around and get the country back on track. Partial transcript as follow: KUDLOW: All right, you’ve got some on. So, back to policy substance. One of my disappointments about the last debate was there was virtually no discussion of the economy. CARSON: Exactly. KUDLOW: Which in the best scientific terms I can put it, stinks right now. The fourth quarter was 0.7 percent. This is the worst recovery since World War II. It’s not just Obama. It’s actually about 15 years or less than 2 percent economic growth. CARSON: It has. Here is the thing that people are not paying attention to. This generation is the first one in the history of America not expected to do better than their parents. And that’s the beginning of a trend. And some people say it’s the new normal. But there is nothing normal about