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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:39 PM Original message |
Depression Fears Begin to Take Hold |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. take heart |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. yeah from the right man for the times - who said he welcomed the hatred from repubs instead of |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought Krugman was better at this stuff. Maybe not. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Krugman is better at this |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. So in other words, a scary bunch of "ifs". |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. just say no to the deficit hawks -- there's no reason to stand in solidarity against fellow citizens |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'm no fan of the hawks, but all the flimsey alarmism doesnt help either. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. if it doesn't "feel" like a depression, that's b/c we have a minimal safety net that didn't exist |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. "Feeling" has nothing to do with it. I'm trying to follow the experts |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. The experts are mostly far too insulated from real life to understand it n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. actually, *feeling* has everything to do with it. we build the safety net precisely to not FEEL the |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. in other words, you still have a job and a home so everything is fine? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Care to shove any more words in my mouth? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Lots of folks. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No, Sir/Madame, we are not in a depression. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Deleted message |
PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Our current reality isn't suitable for academic boilerplate |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It's pretty much well known that millions of these jobs are not coming back. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Nonsense. Technology eliminates jobs by increasing productivity |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Thanks.. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. "There's plenty of work to do, just no willingness to commit revenue to it." |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. maybe econ. 201.. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. At any academic level, jobs are the last thing to recover. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Just because it gets repeated often, doesn't make it any more true. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Problem is he is right on target |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. do you even read his stuff? |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. lol |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. So what? That is irrelevant |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. we are not alone |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think the recession started much earlier than that... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yep. You and I have shown up many times in discussions going back |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Frustrating, isn't it? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Yes, it's very frustrating. So far all I'm getting from the effort is |
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zazen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. extrapolating from the accuracy of past warnings. . . the current ones freak me out |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It's nearly as bad talking about it around here, much less to people |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Please do post that link... |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Please post the link... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Here's the link to Post-Carbon Institute: |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thank you :) nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. but but ...let's keep spending over a trillion $ each year on the military. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And blame the deficit on brown people and lazy people! |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. This is a depression. Most of us are aware of that... |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. +1! n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fears? It's already here! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. K & R !!! |
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NeoGreen (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. It wont be the Great Depression or the Long Depression but the... |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-06-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. In less than one year, I will have every debt I owe paid in full. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. A Depression Is Marked By Negative Economic Growth |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Exactly... and the GD had 30% negative growth.. |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Krugman is an idiot. |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. In poker terms , Krugman is all in. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Do people actually listen to him ? |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. and yet he thinks we are in the middle of a depression. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-07-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Right... things are going well for you so there is no problem... |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Oh please. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
55. These analysts are under pressure to make extreme predictions.. |
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