marginalrevolution.com - 1/27/2009
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One of the things that I do find very disturbing about this recession is that it is worldwide. World trade may fall this year for the first time since 1982. As I argued earlier, the problem goes beyond any credit...
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“A Complete Collapse In Foreign Demand”
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Read this about the nosedive in trade activity since the onset of the financial crisis last fall and feel the sickening lurch in your stomach. And hey, if that’s not enough, consider that things are likely to get a whole lot worse on the global trade front before there is even a sand castle’s chance in an earthquake that they will get better. ...
"A Complete Collapse In Foreign Demand"
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
Read this about the nosedive in trade activity since the onset of the financial crisis last fall and feel the sickening lurch in your stomach. And hey, if that's not enough, consider that things are likely to get a whole lot worse on the global trade front before there is even a sand castle's chance in an earthquake that they will get better. At least we have an Administration that is determined to do anything and everything in its power to encourage trade liberalization. That ought to ameliorate a whole host of our problems on the trade front. ...
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