economy

Why Do I Crave Peanut Brittle?

Posted on February 1, 2009. Filed under: economy | Tags: , |

Peanut brittle is sorta like the economy, I guess. Out of site: out of mind. Although I like peanut brittle well enough normally, I haven’t really craved it until the emergence of the great peanut recalls of 2009.  I subscribe to Google notifications on various topics, and get every single food recall article by email [...]

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All alone in a lifeboat?

Posted on January 31, 2009. Filed under: economy | Tags: , , |

Our troubled economy has left me feeling adrift, in a lifeboat full of leaks. Just as I’ve managed to plug one closed, another one springs up in a different place.  I know I’m not alone, though. The vanishing real estate market has left millions adrift,  homeless after foreclosure, or bailing water as fast as they [...]

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