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Recession Journal V: Mind, The GAP

Posted October 14, 2009 - 07:00 by Jabulani Leffall

Consumer Affairs

economic recovery

Some well known mainstays of Corporate America have decided not to wait for an official recovery but to sell the idea of it to you. Can we collectively as corporate citizens and consumers think our way out of a downturn?

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Does living frugally hurt the economy?

Posted May 10, 2008 - 11:43 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living

Woman and child shopping

When I advocate for frugal living, people sometimes ask, "What if everybody lived like that?  Wouldn't it hurt the economy?"  My natural inclination toward frugal living may color my opinion, but I don't think so.  I think mass frugality would be good for the economy.

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Will gas top $4 a gallon this summer? I say yes.

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Cars and Transportation

Before you go jumping all over the place and pointing out that I have done no real market analysis to back up my prediction, I would like to point out: I have done no real market analysis to back up my prediction. This is just a gut feeling.

Like a good, Birkenstocked liberal, I was listening to NPR on my commute home today, and it was announced that gas prices had just topped $3 a gallon in the US.

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