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...They've done it so far. Consumers and their spending (led recently by auto sales) have remained surprisingly upbeat throughout this slowdown, and so far it looks like the almighty American shopper will be successful in keeping the U.S. out of a recession. But economists are starting to worry about "the consumer collapse," in which unemployment finally gets too scary for Americans to go on like they have and not tighten their belts just a little...
...national unemployment rate could waylay a lot of trips to the mall, the beach, Grandma's house or wherever the dollars get spent. But the fact that confidence is back on the rise as summer begins is the best sign anybody's got that the Great American Shopper has not acquired the exquisite sensitivity to economic conditions and expectations displayed by your average Wall Street trader. And nobody's complaining about that...
Zittrain has been interested in cyber issues since childhood. At age 15, Zittrain was the chief forum administrator for the CompuServe Information Service. At 16, he began writing a regular column for Computer Shopper magazine...
...doing something, and not just for businesses, which Greenspan indicated are busy healing themselves for summer. What really worries Father Greenback in times like these is the fragile courage of the American shopper, and you can tell he cares because he practically waxed lyrical...
...There in casual spartan urbanity were leather and suede accessories, a stark juxtaposition to the flashy holiday display that had twinkled there for weeks. But it wasn't the brown suede poncho-slash-bolero perched on a pedestal like the thing of beauty it was that made this capable shopper flush. No, it was the huge diagonal block of letters that read CLEARANCE SALE...