Happy Memorial Day

May 25, 09 Happy Memorial Day

Posted by in News

We at Surviving The Recession encourage you to keep our past, current, and future veterans in your thoughts and prayers.

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Go Forward

May 22, 09 Go Forward

Posted by in Jobs and Business, Soul-Survival

Go forward. Weakened by a string of one-night stands with stress, I often awakened to illnesses that were hard to shake.  I found it difficult to offer tips on surviving the recession when the recession, apparently, had me in a chokehold so firm that John Cena would be envious.  I could not give without first taking, so I needed...

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Health Care Debate Heats Up Again

Mr. Obama is determined to address the nation’s health care crisis, despite the terrible economic conditions and an already ambitious agenda that is meeting resistance from politicians in his own party.  The statistics are dire:  45 million Americans have no health care insurance, those who are insured must compete with...

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Recession News Is A Mixed Bag

May 15, 09 Recession News Is A Mixed Bag

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Chrysler and General Motors will close approximately 3,400 dealerships by the beginning of next year.  This represents 187,000 people that will be unemployed when all the announced closings are finished.  These numbers are huge.  Over 25% of Chrysler’s dealerships will be eliminated, while GM will eliminate over 40% of its...

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Conspicuous Consumption’s Last Gasp?

May 14, 09 Conspicuous Consumption’s Last Gasp?

Posted by in Recession Opinions, Saving

For the last few years, our economy was so awash in cheap credit that conspicuous consumption became the norm.  Many economists and social critics were predicting the end of conspicuous consumption because of the new socioeconomic realities brought on by the current recession.  Certainly, the evaporation of over $7 trillion...

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Phosphorescence

May 10, 09 Phosphorescence

Posted by in Recession Opinions

Hearing politicians, economists, and others amongst the chattering classes begin to whisper that maybe we have hit the bottom of our economic freefall, I am reminded of one of my new favorite horror movies, 2005′s The Descent.  In the movie, four adventurous women descend two miles into an uncharted cave.  Of course, things...

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