The outward sign of the change is an economy that stubbornly refuses to recover from the recession. In a normal rebound, Americans would be witnessing a flurry of hiring, new investment and lending, and buoyant growth. But the U.S. economy remains almost comatose a full year and a half after the recession officially ended. Unemployment is still high; real wages are declining. At a TIME economic forum last week, forecasters predicted that U.S. growth would amount to only 1.8% this year and 2.6% for next, about half the speed of a normal recovery. The current slump already ranks as the longest period of sustained weakness since the Great Depression.
That was the last time the economy staggered under as many "structural" burdens, as opposed to the familiar "cyclical" problems that create temporary recessions once or twice a decade. The structural faults represent once-in-a-lifetime dislocations that will take years to work out.
A lot of this stuff sounds familiar to you I'm sure. Oh by the way, I forgot to mention that the article was written in September....of 1992.
That is a gem of a excerpt. I found something similar from 1974...I think it was in Greenspan's book.
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