Numbers And People

By Kleinheider Posted on May 8, 2008 at 8:45 am

Angelia reports that learning that we are not technically in a recession in the strictest economic statistical sense really doesn’t help her much:

For years, I’ve defined recession as a financial condition causing stress-related indigestion, sensation of lightheadedness at the gas pump/Wal-Mart, and a recurrence of aberrant thoughts, such as: “Hmmm, generic Peanut Butter isn’t so bad.”

Turns out, these aren’t symptoms of a recession at all.

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