Now that the recession’s supposed to be just about over, it’s time to survey the battlefield and pick out winners, and nobody was a bigger winner than the Golden Arches, writes Daniel Gross for Slate. McDonald’s sales grew more in 2008 than in 2006 or 2007, and it opened 600 more stores even as its competitors were closing theirs down. So far, it’s had same-store sales boosts in every month of 2009. How’d Ronald do it?