Understatement: It’s been a difficult year economically. I don’t know anyone who has not been negatively affected by this stubborn economic recession. Yet, as with so much in life, mood matters. One’s outlook can really affect one’s capacity to act — to see and avoid threats (or at least mitigate the suffering), to accept and [...]
The economy is still topic #1 with most people. Most with whom I talk say they just don’t know how to think about it, so they feel all they can do is re-act . . . a situation they hate. They’d rather be able to pro-act. What’s a “V” recovery? Or a “U” one? And what’s the difference? Most [...]
GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, is an attempt to gauge our nation’s economic activity, and it has become the key measurement followed by politicians and the media for assessing the health of our national economy. But what is it? It turns out GDP doesn’t measure many economic activities at all. A consultant to governments and [...]
