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Lessons From Past Recessions

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For anyone who lived through the fear and uncertainty of the 2008 financial crisis, hearing ‘recession’ from news anchors and pundits can bring up anxiety and fear. The most recent recession was in 2020 and only lasted a couple of months, whereas the 2008 recession lasted about 18 months. Beef up your emergency fund.

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The constant craving to put numbers on working relationships

Workplace Insight

Nor can we rely on tech to meet all of our hardwired needs for interaction and networking. It was an idea tested by researchers in 2008, who confirmed the basic premise of the idea. Tribal instincts One of these certainties is that networks are primarily based on our physical interactions.

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

Small Business Labs

  This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.  .  Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5% of the US civilian labor force, or about 23.9 million workers.    Hispanics make up just over 50.5% of foreign born workers. 

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

Small Business Labs

  Key quote from the article: "Under the Obama administration and the 2008 farm bill passed by Congress, the USDA is shifting attention to small and mid-size farms, encouraging organic and sustainable agriculture, and investing in projects to bring locally grown meat and produce to consumers. Having trouble reading this image?

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

  It was also a key factor in our 2008 forecast that the number of small businesses would increase during the recession - a forecast that met with a lot of skepticism but proved correct (OK, I admit to patting ourselves on the back on this one).  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector

Small Business Labs

.  Most of the data on non-profits pre-date the recession, so we don't have a good sense of its impact on the number of non-profits.    Donation data is more current and fell 5.6%   It likely fell again in 2009.    But we don't think this resulted in a decline in the number of small non-profits. 

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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Build your own network! We no longer use our work environment as our social-interaction-generator, our organically grown social networks will embed us all into functioning local social infrastructures, which are so important for our mental well being. E-Mail me or follow me. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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