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This series has looked at a variety of potential scapegoats for the current financial crisis. None could be blamed entirely for the situation in which we find ourselves, the argument could be made that each agency or program bore some responsibility. The same argument could be made for the common man and his instincts [...]
by Constantine von HoffmanDecember 12, 2008
Economy
Guest post by Constantine von Hoffman, veteran business journalist and author of the blog CollateralDamage.biz, a humorous look at marketing and business.
Two weeks ago the National Bureau of Economic Research officially confirmed what we already knew: we have been in a recession for the past year. This begs the question, how long until we declare [...]