the recession

  • Staying On Message

    By Steve Piontek  |  December 3, 2009

    It’s hard to believe that not only are we drawing close to the end of another year, but also closing in on the end of ...

  • Fool's Gold

    By Steve Piontek  |  September 8, 2009

    The headline above describes how I feel about the glimmers of “evidence” being put forth by some economists and commentators that the Great Recession is ...

  • Ouch!

    By Steve Piontek  |  June 5, 2009

    That things are bad is no secret.  But every once in a while, as we slog through this meltdown, a statistic or set of data ...