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The most recent recession is notable not just for the severity of economic contraction but also the length of decline. As the figure shows, in the nine previous recessions on record, by seven quarters after the official start of the recession the economy had actually grown by an average of 4% compared to its pre-recession peak.
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In light of these numbers, Obama's plan to do a pay as you go budget looks like bad economics. Do you agree? Is this 1937 revisted and where is the help for those without jobs and no unemployment compensation? Where is a WPA type program or even Nixon's negative income tax proposal when we need it? Jim Carpenter, jcmilwgr@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteWhat I find infuriating is that the narrative isn't being woven by Democrats at the national level about how and why we got here.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't just another downturn, it's not just a recession -- "recession" and "depression" being terms of science here, not so much art. This is an expose of the kind of unbridled, unfettered, market fundamentalist, neoliberal capitalism that screws everyone but the richest and most powerful.
There are many strands to weave together here to tell the story. But Obama won't touch it right now. Probably never will. Neither will hardly any of the national-level Democratic 'leaders'. Sure, we might get some warmed-over policy proposals to deal with some symptomatic crises in a way that won't really address but might mollify a few pundits. They might even acknowledge the depth of the hardship for working people -- though it will be in the context of the last 20 months, not the last 20 years.
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