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On Driving the Economy into a Brick Wall

Last Friday the University of Michigan reported a consumer sentiment measurement of 54.9 for August…down from 63.7 in July.  It has been quite a while since consumers have been so in the dumps.  In fact, consumer disposition has not been … Continue reading

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Making Obese Debt Levels Possible

Make no bones about it…this economy sucks eggs.  Just ask anyone who’s looking for a job and they’ll tell you, ‘no one’s hiring.’  Despite official decree from the National Bureau of Economic Research that the Great Recession ended in June … Continue reading

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Doomed from the Get Go

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research the Great Recession ended in June 2009.  That means the U.S. economy has been in recovery for over two years. Perhaps, semantically, this is so.  But just what type of recovery is … Continue reading

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Nearing the Boiling Point

There’s way more going on in this wild and whacky world than we can keep up with.  We scan the headlines with wide eyes and a gaping jaw…gawking like our four year old son when he first saw the grotesquely … Continue reading

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