The Great Depression vs. Now

Are we in a shadow depression? July 27, 2022 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( | [WEBSITE]( [Altucher Confidential] “The economy isn’t in a recession. It remains stuck in the New Great Depression.” [HERO IMAGE] The Great Depression vs. Now By Chris Campbell BOMBSHELL: James just stunned EVERYONE [Read more here...]( Available to the public for just hours... This just-released video is already causing quite a stir. That’s because James Altucher just went live on camera and dropped a BOMBSHELL on our readers that no one was expecting... If you do one thing today, take five minutes to see [this.]( You’ll be very happy you did. [Go Here Now]( It’s official. The Fed raised rates by 75 basis points. That’s not news. Everyone saw it coming. The big question this week, overshadowing the Fed’s announcement: “Are we in a recession?” Consider that, eight of the last nine times the Fed raised rates to fight inflation, a recession followed. Furthermore, [car repossessions have been going through the roof.]( Historically, car repos have been a strong recession indicator. So… are we in a recession? Jim Rickards says no. He says it’s way worse than that. (Hint: shadow depression.) But, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Before we go there, let’s rewind to the early 1900s. Depression. Recession. Depression. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1940. Technically, this period saw two recessions from 1929 to 1932 and 1937 to 1938. As Jim Rickards pointed out this week… Stock and real estate prices didn’t fully recover from 1929 highs until 1954… 25 years after the Great Depression began. In the thick of it, people thought it was going to go on forever. And if you were an investor who lost his shirt in 1929… it did go on forever. Think about it. It grinded on for about one-third of most people’s entire lives. Fast-forward back to today… Strange 2021 Prophecy Rapidly Coming True [Click here for more...]( #1 Futurist George Gilder is telling American’s to “brace yourself” for the coming $16.8 trillion revolution. This same revolution could redefine millions of jobs and radically transform the way just about every major corporation does business. It could even change the way you get paid, save and invest for retirement. [And, says George, it could make you exceedingly rich — click here to see why.]( Not a Recession? There’s a clear standard definition for a recession: two or more consecutive quarters of declining GDP alongside rising unemployment. Unfortunately, the definition of depression isn’t as clear. Everyone knows that a depression is worse than a recession, but finding someone able to provide a clear definition is rare. “The best definition ever offered,” says Rickards, “came from John Maynard Keynes in his 1936 classic The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Keynes said a depression is ‘a chronic condition of subnormal activity for a considerable period without any marked tendency either toward recovery or toward complete collapse.’” By Keynes’ definition, it’s entirely possible to have growth during a depression. That’s what we saw from 1933 to 1936… And then again from 1939 to 1940. Unemployment dropped and stocks jumped. “The problem is,” says Rickards, “that the growth is below trend. It is weak growth that does not do the job of providing enough jobs or staying ahead of the national debt. That is exactly what the U.S. is experiencing today.” In fact, Rickards takes it even further… Since 2007, the United States has been living through a shadow depression. The Shadow Depression Jim wrote all about this in his 2021 book, The New Great Depression. [IMG 1] “What makes it a depression,” he says, “is ongoing below-trend growth that never gets back to its potential. That is exactly what the U.S. economy has been and is experiencing. The New Depression is ongoing.” But, he admits, calling the current state of the economy a depression might be confusing. Most of us have been told that the economy is in a recovery. And that this recovery began in 2009. But, here's the thing... Rickards has warned that the Fed has been making the wrong moves. That’s why he’s called today’s (predictable) decision the “fourth horseman of market doom.” Our publishers are leaving the [replay of Jim’s “4th Horseman Summit” online for only a few more hours.]( Any longer and it could be too late to act. That’s why the video will go offline tonight at midnight. [Click here to watch before it’s too late.]( Until tomorrow, [Chris Campbell] Chris Campbell For Altucher Confidential New LIVE Demo Video STUNS Crypto Investors In [this short 3:28 video…]( Crypto genius James Altucher reveals his most shocking crypto secret yet… A little-known secret that’s delivered over $1,170 in FREE crypto income per month. 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