Daily Archives: Monday, May 11, 2009

Comparing this recession to the Great Depression

In March, when I suggested ways to determine if the “economic narrative” has shifted from recession to recovery, one of my markers to look for was this: “Stories that challenge the premise that this is the worst recession since the … Continue reading

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Newspapers in a digital form are news, but they aren’t papers

Serge Jespers, “Adobe platform evangelist” (and you thought you had difficulty explaining to your parents what you do — imagine if you had a job evangelizing “air“), announced today that there is now a New York Times Reader version that … Continue reading

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Tea leaves, anecdotes, surveys of economists and Chauncey Gardiner

Last week, I was talking with someone who runs a company with a service primarily sold through an out-bound phone sales effort targeting decision makers at small and medium size wholesale businesses. He told me he thought the economy turned-around … Continue reading

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