Blogs About "Recession"

 Here's my latest blog post for AOL Small Business on what we can learn from a recession -- especially if there is a double-dip:

 

http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/06/22/what-we-can-learn-from-recession-and-how-it-can-help-us-prosp/

A question I've asked constantly over the last decade is "what are we building, creating, educating?" As in, what is the foundation for our economic growth, economic future?

This morning, I read and watched with interest Umair Haque's "America's Lost Decade(s)" (Harvard Business Review http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2010/08/americas_lost_decade.html)

Umair asks "Is America headed for a lost decade? And is that why I relentlessly propose that the days of industrial age business as...

While recent economic reports suggest that the Great Recession might be coming to an end, few of us have time to celebrate this hopeful news. To quote a recent Newsweek article, “The Recession Is Over! But Not For You—Yet!”

As employers continue to downsize the work force, remaining employees find themselves shouldering more responsibilities without a corresponding fatter paycheck or even adequate training—a formula for anxiety and stress. I’ve been hearing complaints...