Throughout the nineteen-seventies and eighties, especially during periods of recession, employees were moved from offices to cubicles. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all… — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
What most Americans mean when they say "the end of the recession" is, "When will it be back to normal? When can… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
We described the coronavirus crisis as more of a shock to the system as opposed to a full-blown recession which would spiral… — Cathie Wood Copy Share Image
An overheating economy, characterized by accelerating inflation and rising interest rates, is another precondition for recession. This doesn't describe today's economy. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Did I recognize that there was anger or frustration in the American population? Of course I did. First of all, we had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Throughout the Great Recession of 2008, the average 401(k) balance lost anywhere from 25 to 40 percent of value. Nobody was more… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
When you're in the depths of a recession, that isn't the time when people want to challenge the system, they're too busy… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Lunchroom economic conversations are inevitably graced with at least one statement from an old-timer along the lines of, 'In my day, we… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
“By early 2005 all the big Wall Street investment banks were deep into the subprime game. Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs,… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
I think the good part of the crisis is that finally, everybody is going to have to come to the table. That… — Warren Hellman Copy Share Image
Anyone who has followed the U.S. economy in recent years can tell you while corporate America and their wealthy executives have recovered… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
“When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt.… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement, explain American development. — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
What happened is we went into a recession beginning in December of 2007 that was the worst since 1929. And it is… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
“They had stumbled either upon a serious flaw in modern financial markets or into a great gambling run. Characteristically, they were not… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently… — William Greider Copy Share Image
They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a… — Rick Majerus Copy Share Image
Recession always encourages entrepreneurialism and innovation. It does that every time because when people have no options they look at other things. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your… — Jim Fowler Copy Share Image
“The 2008–2009 Great Recession also sent U.S. auto sales plunging from nearly 17 million in 2005 to 10.4 million in 2009, helping… — Amory Lovins Copy Share Image
If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
You do not have to be an economist to know that putting up the cost of employing someone is a pretty barking… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
In the five years since the end of the Great Recession, the economy has made considerable progress in recovering from the largest… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
We went into a recession in 2008 because of gasoline prices. The bubble burst in housing because people couldn’t pay their mortgages… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there's a severe recession, the automatic stabilizers will come into effect, and we will still try to reduce the structural deficit,… — Franklin Raines Copy Share Image
When the average person is being financially squeezed, they cut back on spending, demand goes down and businesses have to lay people… — Touker Suleyman Copy Share Image
There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession,… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out… — Giovanni Agnelli Copy Share Image
When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who… — Lael Brainard Copy Share Image
In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this recession, that the people be spending their money,… — George W Bush Copy Share Image
The simple fact of the matter is, as I know everyone in this room knows, that the recession that this country faced… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
