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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:00 PM Original message |
How bad is this current recession compared to others in recent history? |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. My mom lived through the Depression and she says this is worse. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Per Bush Stats the recession ended 11/01 - this is a Bush Boom! |
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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Which makes it all the more depressing. |
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Gunit_Sangh (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. re: recession |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. You Took Econ 101 Didn't You? |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You know more than the NBER? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Both |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Do they have any papers written on causative modeling of macroeconomics? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yawn! |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I don't doubt you know what you are talking about |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Business Cycling Is A Specious Counter |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Econ 101 or not, |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I Will NOT Stick To A Definition I Can Prove Is Invalid |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Yes, I have a question! |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Technically, the NeoCons are cooking the books. IMHO,... |
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loftycity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Both my parents lived through the Depression and they say |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. You know, this isn't just a recession or a depression. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Bingo! |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. it depends on the person |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. We're not in recession, we're long into the jobless recovery |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's hard to judge it against the Reagan years |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hold on to your seats, |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't worry "Prosperity is right around the corner" ~ Herbert Hoover |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think this is going to be worse than '29 for several reasons: |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. We've gotten spoiled. |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Would you please explain to the people who have |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. "Ping me when we reach 25% unemployment ...." |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. What a CROCK! |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. '80s were a boom to the wealthy; lots of layoffs for the working person |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I am very concerned with wage stagnation at lower income levels. |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Wow. It's been a long, long time .... |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I would love to go back to 18% money market rates |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. "Ping me" ? Did you forget that this is DU? "Ping" is FR slang. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Since you weren't in the Great Depression, and my Dad was... |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I know the difference between 5% and 25% unemployment. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No, you know the difference in the numbers you're being fed....wise up. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. it is different compared to others |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, Skittles |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've been in four that I can remember since the 1970s... |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. here is what I know from experience |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Economic treason".... I like that. |
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