Tag Archives: Economic meltdown

Doomsters get ready to take their lives off the grid

March 5, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Josh Kimball WHAT’S HAPPENING Has there ever been a better time to be a Doomster? Not in a few hundred years. From popular online forums like Life After the Oil Crash to the outsider buzz around Dmitry Orlov’s 2008 book Reinventing Collapse, times are good for those who think times are bad. America’s always […]

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Podcast: Facial Hair in a Recession?

February 24, 2009 – 3:27 pm

Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis tackle the tough issues: increases in loan delinquency, the lost decade for the S&P 500 and why it’s a good time to grow a beard. Download this week’s economic podcast here: Facial Hair in a Recession?: Bottoms Up Week 19 29 min., 35 sec.

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Consumers worry: Biggest credit card heist ever?

February 12, 2009 – 6:08 am

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING Heartland Payment Systems reported in January 2009 that their databases had been breached in 2008, exposing up to 100 million credit card holders to potential fraud (WashingtonPost.com 1.20.09). The New Jersey company processes electronic payments for small and mid-sized businesses, especially restaurants. The good news? The crooks were not able […]

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Hot or Not?

January 7, 2009 – 10:59 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis Rob Walker, the Times’ estimable columnist on all things related to consumerism, seems awfully dismissive of the idea that thrift is the new black. I don’t know which set of abysmal numbers he’s not looking at — consumer confidence (in the tank), retail sales (ninth circle of hell), deflation (snake’s belly @ […]

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Best of 2008: It’s the economy, estúpido

December 31, 2008 – 9:51 pm

by Abelardo de la Peña Jr. WHAT’S HAPPENING The faltering U.S. financial picture is of great interest to Latinos in the 2008 presidential season. In Phoenix, immigration, crime and education are motivating Latino voters. House minority whip Steve Gallardo, however, sees Latinos primarily voting for who is best prepared to deal with the economy (AZCentral.com […]

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Best of 2008: “Lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from recession”

December 31, 2008 – 4:08 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING Religious Americans have put the economic crisis at the top of their prayers. In October 2008, the Christian devotional magazine Guideposts surveyed 2,500 readers. It asked them “What are you praying for these days?” The most common answer was “financial relief” followed distantly by “the United States and our leaders.” And […]

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Turn the Page

December 30, 2008 – 3:11 pm

by Josh Kimball Crank up the “Auld Lang Syne.” It’s the end of a long year, and while each annual trashing of the calendar holds its own special meaning, this page change is especially big. At Iconoculture we watch the trends — large and small — that shape consumer culture. And this year’s shifts were […]

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Podcast: Slowly Going Broke — Suddenly

November 24, 2008 – 6:13 pm

Download our weekly economic podcast with Chris Keating, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis here: Slowly Going Broke — Suddenly

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Podcast: Last Night, My Money Died

November 19, 2008 – 5:20 pm

Download our weekly economic podcast with Chris Keating, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis here: Last Night, My Money Died

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Podcast: Is “Permanent Change” an Oxymoron?

November 14, 2008 – 9:13 am

Download our weekly economic podcast with Chris Keating, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis here: Is “Permanent Change” an Oxymoron?

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Podcast: Which Consumer Value Won the 2008 Election?

November 4, 2008 – 6:09 am

Download our weekly economic podcast with Chris Keating, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis here: Which Consumer Value Won the 2008 Election?

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Podcast: What to Watch in a Train Wreck

October 31, 2008 – 10:52 am

Is this what the bottom feels like? Iconoculture’s consumer finance experts riff on the economy, the housing market, consumers’ fear, groupsolving and what to watch next. Download the podcast with Chris Keating, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis here: Podcast: What to Watch in a Train Wreck 33 min., 54 sec.

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WALKING AWAY WITH THE FUTURE

October 24, 2008 – 8:57 am

by Josh Kimball Last weekend, I, along with a cadre of colleagues, headed to Los Angeles for Iconosphere, Iconoculture’s annual cultural trend conference. In addition to the recession-proof and copiously flowing booze, what’s on everyone’s lips this year is our current economic crisis. Of course, for attendees of last October’s Iconosphere, the monumental happenings of […]

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