MetaFilter posts tagged with downturn

Bear [Geocities] like a soldier, to the stage

awenner — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:17:59 -0800

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Geocities, we hardly knew ye.

Writing Off Autocracy (?)

Inspector.Gadget — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:24:46 -0800

Twilight Of The Autocrats: Will the global economic downturn usher in a new era of democracy, or will things only get worse? [first link via]

The horror... the horror

Reverend Robbie — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:27:21 -0800

Mother's Cookies is no more.

Is the 2007 U.S. Sub-Prime Financial Crisis So Different?

ibmcginty — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:48:49 -0800

Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University have compared the recent US subprime mortgage crisis with five downturns in industrialized economies in the past 30 years in their brief paper, Is the 2007 U.S. Sub-Prime Financial Crisis So Different? (pdf). Their conclusion: “given the severity of most crisis indicators in the run-up to its 2007 financial crisis, the United States should consider itself quite fortunate if its downturn ends up being a relatively short and mild one.” Summarized, with some data and charts, here. Via.

revbrian — Sun, 09 Sep 2001 20:56:16 -0800

The Mullings Plan for Global Economic Recovery - Would this plan effectively stimulate the economy and also benefit the world at large? What do you think will get us out of this slump?