Is This A Depression?

Although almost everyone believes we are in an economic recovery, it behooves us to at least consider whether instead we are in a continuing Depression, as I have previously written.  Beginning on June 22, 2009, I wrote a series of four blog posts that examined various aspects of our economic situation and whether we were …

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My Thoughts On Our Current Economic Situation

I would like to provide an overall update as to my thoughts on our current economic situation. My blog post of September 1, 2009 summarizes my current thoughts well.  It can be found here: https://www.economicgreenfield.com/2009/09/01/are-we-going-into-a-depression/ Many of my concerns and reasons for such an outlook have been expressed in this blog.  Of course, over the last …

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Tax Increases And Our Economic Situation

Lately there has been quite a bit of activity in either increasing or proposing increasing taxes (also increases in fees, fines, etc).  This activity is occurring at all levels, i.e. local, state, and national. These tax increases are very noteworthy given our current period of economic weakness.  I will be addressing various aspects of this in the future. For …

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Are We Going Into A Depression?

Please note – some might find this post disturbing I would like to provide an overall update as to my thoughts on our current economic situation. First, however, a brief recap of what others think of our current economic situation (details of which can be found under the “Economic Forecasts” and “Stock Market” categories on the right-hand …

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