Sailing Ships Return

Let’s be clear, these are sailing ships, not sailboats. Before we used fossil fuels for powering transportation, businesses around the Continue reading →

US GDP Drops 2Q20

Two of Covid’s main effects on the US: ~150,000 dead, so far; second quarter annualized GDP down 32.9%. That’s the Continue reading →

Record US Unemployment May 1 2020

Every week has added to last month’s record US unemployment. Some recent weeks have singly been ten times the previous Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2020

At the start of April 2020, US unemployment doubled to 6,600,000. In response to the Corona Crisis, about 400,000 users Continue reading →

Preparing For Corporate Defaults

Unemployment is spiking. Personal financing is being challenged. Looking at the stock market it is easy to assume that corporations Continue reading →

Reduced Pollution Growing Economy

Some feel that a Green Economy can only happen with a reduction in the economy. The UK has been proving Continue reading →

Popular Posts 2019

PretendingNotToPanic.com is a blog based on “news for people who are eager and anxious about the future“; with additional constraints Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2019

“Go West, young man” (person, whatever) is less likely to happen as mobility in the US declined from about 20% Continue reading →