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Perspectives on the Economy

Innovation key to economic future

by Tapan Munroe

December 12, 2008

The good news is that the uncertainty about a recession has been dispelled. We are officially in a recession which started in December 2007. The bad news is that it is likely to be the severest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s by the time it is over. Hopefully, that will be sometime in the second half of 2009.

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Other Recent Articles by Tapan Munroe:

Innovation alive in south Spain - November 18th

Silicon Valley may miss recession - Obtober 16th

Bailout is first step to recovery - October 3rd

Need for rescue package great - September 24th

Available in the Fall

Silicon Valley:
The Ecology of Innovation

by Tapan Munroe
and Mark Westwind

published by the
Spanish Association of Science and Technology Parks

This thriving high-tech region in the southern San Francisco Bay Area is a unique economic environment where bold, new ideas compete and then are transformed into products and services that reshape our world. At the heart of this book are the key elements that make up the core of the Valley’s innovation ecosystem.

Available Now

The rush to cash in on the Dot-com Gold Rush was on. But there were serious problems. The dot-com bubble follows the classic pattern of speculative bubbles that economies around the world have experienced for centuries.

Available from
Orinda Books

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