A normal recession disrupts people's lives, but a long recession destroys them. You lose output, prosperity, family stability, self-esteem, and many other… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
One of the defining experiences of my life came in the mid-1980s. After working for two years as a geologist in Colorado,… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I think that capitalism in general is responsible, not for the worldwide recession, but for a lot of suffering, both in the… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
When the economy collapsed, our construction company was in Calgary, but the U.S. was further along in the recession, so I made… — Jonathan Scott Copy Share Image
The trouble is that the average trader on Wall Street, he or she is so young, he doesn't even remember the recession… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
I think it will get moving faster. I mean once you get it off the - once credit flows - now the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Recession doesn't deserve the right to exist. There are just too many things to be done in science and engineering to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In response to the recession, the Obama administration chose to emphasize costly, short-term fixes - ineffective stimulus programs, myriad housing programs that… — Glenn Hubbard Copy Share Image
“The recession, which started in 2007, is ongoing. The underlying fundamental causes of the meltdown have not been addressed. Banks are still… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
“it is true that the recession has been made much worse by Downing Street since the Coalition took office. But what was… — David Craig Copy Share Image
They talk about this Great Recession if it fell out of the sky, like, 'Oh, my goodness, where did it come from?'… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
'Up in the Air' may be a glossy production sprinkled with laughter and sex, but it captures the distinctive topography of our… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully… — Eric Alterman 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
As far as recession goes I know it's a difficult time out here for people, but me, myself I honestly have to… — Drake Copy Share Image
Doing nothing and shrinking spending may save us public money in the short term but could cost us a great deal more… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
I remember in 2007, 2008, when we had the recession, there were all of these very gloomy emails sent from a lot… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
“There are fears that Britain could be facing a double-dip recession, or worse still, a double-dip with misery sprinkles and fuck-where's-my-job-sauce.” — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet.… — Yiannis Stournaras Copy Share Image
There are two things that happen when there is a recession. One, more people watch telly and two, people buy more raw… — Gregg Wallace Copy Share Image
No one saw the recession coming. The UK businesses were solid as a rock, but the issues we had were in Paris,… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
In China anything less than 6% growth is a recession meaning that it also causes financial problems and it's disruptive and it's… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
In the wake of the 2008 recession, Congress and the Obama Administration rightly focused financial regulation on protecting the nation's financial system… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
If the program goes off track again due to recession, this should not become a pretext for the imposition of more austerity… — Antonis Samaras Copy Share Image
This recession is the deepest in our lifetimes, the deepest since 1929. If you take the people thrown out of work in… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
“You know what? We need a recession in this country, because that would finaly weed out al the subnormal, underdeveloped, stupefied, puerile… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
“Recession, and Wolf seems to have devoured them all for The Shifts and the Shocks: What We've Learned--and Have Still to Learn--From… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
When you're facing the threat of recession, you need to have an expansionary monetary and fiscal policy. Pre-Keynesian, Hooverite views are dead… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don’t need to make smart decisions—if they can… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
They always say that the entertainment and restaurant industries are the only businesses that don't sink during a depression or a recession.… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“The most empowering thing you can do though is to create innovative ways to bring in livable wages. That begins with a… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
I said we are in a mental recession. We keep getting the steady drumbeat of bad news... it's become a mental recession.… — Phil Gramm Copy Share Image
It wasn't necessary to speak on the recession, you know what I mean, but I just though it made a lot of… — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image