This article is pretty instructive in both how bad the global economy has gotten and in how good our tools for analyzing such things beyond what the Dow is at have gotten.
Category Archives: Recession News
An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine
Kind of a chilling animation as you watch the map progress and jobs disappear. If you still haven’t bought into the “this is an actual recession” concept, this may help.