The worst global recession since the Great Depression changed my life, as it did many others’ lives. Consequently, I spent a fair amount of time thinking and writing about the economy. Some of these posts are surprisingly good.
Battening Down in the Hurricane October 10, 2008
2008 Financial Strategies: What Worked and What Didn’t Work December 30, 2008
Integrity, Confidence, and Trust: A Financial Manager’s View of the Economy and the Future January 20, 2009
Personal Finance IS Politics January 25, 2009
Frugality, Savings, and the Causes of Doom March 17, 2009
Life in the Post-Recession Era: The Third-Worldization of America May 8, 2009
Living within Your Means Is Good for the Economy September 21, 2009
Ghost Developments November 12, 2009
Walking Away from a Mortgage: Is It Immoral? March 18, 2010
How Has Your Dollar Done This Decade? July 28, 2010
Are You in the Middle Class? October 18, 2010
Back to the Future November 3, 2010
The Incredible Lightness of Our Economy January 27, 2011
Can You Support Your Parents? March 28, 2011
What If We Didn’t Have to Pay School Taxes? September 15, 2011
Do We Have More Expenses Than Our Parents Did? March 18, 2013
Is the Republican Party Bad for Business? October 2, 2013
I don’t have time at the moment to reread these, but I followed your journey through fear, lay-off, more fear, coping, etc. Truly, I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover (psychologically–not just talking about finances) from 2008-2010.
It’s been quite the saga for all of us, hasn’t it?
Well, it’s good to know you and Mr. FS have clung to your jobs (hey…what’s eliminating your entire darned department compared to that, eh?) and that the young FS’s are doing exceptionally well.
Things could’ve been worse…