Alternative Anecdotal Non-Scientific Economic Indicators

by Jon-Erik G. Storm on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

My subjective experience of this economic decline has been mostly limited to my wife’s layoff (she’s a teacher) and the rapid increase in the number of calls I get from people wondering if they have a lawsuit for being wrongfully terminated. A year ago, that number was maybe one tenth of what it is now.

And I haven’t seen a drop in the last few weeks. So, I can’t tell you this really is any kind of reliable metric, it’s not scientific, of course, but it’s something I see and it doesn’t indicate a recovery of any kind as far as I can tell.