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In response to "Yes or No Poll: Will the US experience recession (economic definition) within the next 3 years -- nm" by rollo

Longer than 10 years without a recession would be unprecedented in US history. -- nm

Posted by Reagen Jun 22 '18, 10:31

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While true, the "yes but" is that the resetting in 2008 was also unprecedented in terms of severity, which could allow for 10+ growth years to follow. -- nm - rollo Jun 22, 10:34 11
- What school of improv economics did *you* go to?! - Reagen Jun 22, 10:39 9
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    - This is the opening scene of every disaster movie. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 11:02
  - *snork* -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 10:48
  - the Improv Economics department at the Pirate Institute of Technology is for *real* -- nm - prayformojo Jun 22, 10:46
  - then they should all be made to watch The Big Short with their eyes pried open like .. - mud Jun 22, 10:44 4
    - The other thing I would point out is that we've had recessions without the stock market dropping and the stock market dropping without recessions. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 11:04
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      - well, just have them watch the first hour -- nm - decline Jun 22, 11:00 1
        
        "that chick in the bathtub is hot" -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 11:04
- Ehhh, it still paled to 1929-32 which saw 'only' 5 years of GDP growth under FDR prior to a recession - Will Hunting Jun 22, 10:39

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