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- janne76
how long do you reckon?
here in NL everyone keeps saying 1-2 years..yet, nothing we predicted ever came out lately, in terms of economy. even the intellectual heavyweights were surprised time after time..
- waterhouse0
Confidence is going up in the U.S. That drives many things.
- janne760
Yeah, but here it went done extremely hard the last few days. Esp. since our PM announced seriously seriously heavy times ahead with a face as if his father just died. which is true and sad.
but i wonder, psychological effects are huge on economies as well, no?
- ********0
I think it might already be over.
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- ukit0
I guess the good news is that if the crisis end in a year or so, it will be good time to look for a job. Looks of people will have let their people go, and they will need to rehire to fill those spots.
- MrOneHundred0
I find that discussing this topic is not helpful to my situation. I can’t change it directly, so worrying about it achieves nothing. Thank you for your time.
- airey0
if you think it might be over you might be in for disappointment. fingers crossed though that it's not going to be nearly as bad as some are predicting.
- ********0
18-24 months is the historical data that supports economical recovery time when a particular recession is at its worst. Unfornately many including myself do not believe that we have even hit rock bottom yet.
Let's hope that we have!
- janne760
i am just asking as i am a little confused.. here in Europe it all seems to just accelerate in a downward spiral while some in the US are already becoming pretty optimistic again...
what about the FIAT boss' prediction that only 6 major car manufacturers will survive?
- akrokdesign0
its 2001 all over again.
- ********0
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Butter baby- you're on a rap mode today, huh.akrokdesign
- 330am....been staying up way to late since i started working out of the apt.********
- 2 hours ahead. nuts. lol.
i am about to give up....there a tomorrow also. :-)akrokdesign
- lowimpakt0
crisis is in the eye of the beholder.
I had to write an article last week on the impact of crisis (in general) on design and innovation. Basically businesses/governments/people respond to crisis in different ways and it is how that respond is laid out will determine how severe the crisis is.
- lowimpakt0
or how severe we want the crisis to be.
- akrokdesign0
well, if ceo's would stop taking huge bonuses while the company goes bad. thats might help.
- i'd say they shouldn't do when times are good. Yes bonuses but reduce the pay parity and everyone can feel valuablelowimpakt
- ********0
anyone want to move to austin and grow _ _ _?
- ********0
When I saw McDonalds employees driving 2008 tahoe's, I knew there was a problem.
- hah.
.akrokdesign - Astute observation.TheBlueOne
- no kidding!showpony
- hah.
- akrokdesign0
also with usa manufacturing rate down to the 1940's. all of the jobs there, are gone. which those people, used to work and had cash to buy things. not any more.
the side effect of lower prices.
- $74 dollars an hour is what manufacturing employees made working at the big 3 autos..********
- No education and they're pulling in $140,000 a year...crazy. That was part of the problem********
- woo...74, thats nice. also detroit ain't very expensive compare to NYC or L.A.akrokdesign
- Theyu didn't make $74 an hour. Back away fromthe rightwing propagnada machine, you are too close.TheBlueOne
- even 47 would been good.akrokdesign
- $74 dollars an hour is what manufacturing employees made working at the big 3 autos..
- ********0
The point about the auto industry is that it has reached a critical position that is a natural part of any industrial cycle. In 100 years or so it has coagulated into the giant global automotive monoliths such as FIAT, GM, VAG etc, but the auto industry once consisted of thousands and thousands of small regional companies. For economic reasons it became possible and profitable to swallow up and merge with competitors, resulting in this handful of enormous companies. Now economic circumstances make this an impractical business style and already as these giants begin to falter there are once again thousands of new, smaller regional companies springing up making niche product that exploit the gaps that the giants cannot see as being economically viable.
So the giants will crumble and fall and in doing so they will leave a fertile environment and a wide open market place for new ventures that make relevant vehicles for the world we live in.
Imagine how hard it would be for GM motors to suddenly become an operation built on a regional boutique model, making lightweight biodegradable high efficiency alternative fuel vehicles with a 50 mile capability, mobile wifi tranceivers and two seats.
Pessimists will look to the faltering giants and fear economic meltdown. Optimists will look to the kind of companies that consist of six people and a warehouse unit in Shropshire where they make a bespoke vehicle that is faster than a porsche and more frugal than a Nissan Micra.
- they have to go farther than that. The tin can cars will need to pass safety regs or people wont buy.********
- i know, even after the mini cooper sold like butter in the states. there still very few small cars to choice from.akrokdesign
- eurocap feels safer then some u.s testing. i must say. plenty of smaller cars gets 4 or 5 stars.akrokdesign
- Unfortunately orbit, it's happening in a context of total systemic collapse...TheBlueOne
- ..this isn't one company or one industry retooling..TheBlueOne
- Yes exactly. But each faltering model already has its replacement warming up to fill the void.********
- Regionalisation is set to replace globalisation. Its waiting in the wings.********
- they have to go farther than that. The tin can cars will need to pass safety regs or people wont buy.
- rafalski0
Ireland gets screwed right by the government who ensure to accumulate the problems for not so distant future. Rising VAT to cover a budget hole on the same day UK lower theirs - brilliant, way to boost an economy. Guess where shoppers' money will go.
Many builders, carpenters and quite a few architects I know are out of jobs as the housing bubble burst. One architect said his company laid off some people, proposed 15% salary cuts to the remainder to those who stayed. Everyone agreed.- the low VAT made companies leave other EU countries for Ireland.akrokdesign
- Ireland always had a high VAT rate, it went from 21 to 21.5% now. You are talking about Corporate Tax which is 12.5%rafalski
- ********0
Orbit, i wish i had some cash to invest in those little start ups. There is all types of potential here in the US.