http://unemploymentality.com/2009/10/has-the-recession-made-the-american-consumer-thriftier/ The definitive unemployment blog. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://unemploymentality.com/2009/10/has-the-recession-made-the-american-consumer-thriftier/comment-page-1/#comment-12467 GG Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:40:38 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3849#comment-12467 I don't know.... There are a good many people I know who act as if the economy never took a downturn. They're eating pricey restaurant dinners, buying the tech gadgets they think they need and generally acting oblivious to the concerns of their unemployed friends. Not to be a downer. But that's me, lately. I'm one of the unemployed ones (i.e., tightwads). I don’t know…. There are a good many people I know who act as if the economy never took a downturn. They’re eating pricey restaurant dinners, buying the tech gadgets they think they need and generally acting oblivious to the concerns of their unemployed friends. Not to be a downer. But that’s me, lately. I’m one of the unemployed ones (i.e., tightwads).

]]> http://unemploymentality.com/2009/10/has-the-recession-made-the-american-consumer-thriftier/comment-page-1/#comment-12344 Zoe D Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:10:07 +0000 http://unemploymentality.com/?p=3849#comment-12344 I used to have somewhat of a compulsive shopping problem. I had an overflowing apartment and an overflowing storage unit. I had money, and I didn't spend beyond my means, but I wasn't saving any money. Then I got poor very quickly. It took me awhile to adapt, and I racked up a huge credit card debt within my first few months of being unemployed. I've since changed my ways, but I'm still poor. I have become VERY thrifty. Many Americans are in similar situations (though probably not at either of my extremes) so I can definitely see how spending habits would change on a large, nationwide scale. I used to have somewhat of a compulsive shopping problem. I had an overflowing apartment and an overflowing storage unit. I had money, and I didn’t spend beyond my means, but I wasn’t saving any money. Then I got poor very quickly. It took me awhile to adapt, and I racked up a huge credit card debt within my first few months of being unemployed. I’ve since changed my ways, but I’m still poor. I have become VERY thrifty. Many Americans are in similar situations (though probably not at either of my extremes) so I can definitely see how spending habits would change on a large, nationwide scale.

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