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My first article can be found here. It is about sports in the recession. I think it offers a a different perspective than Dylan's article because it comes from the international section of the Economist, and focuses a lot on the sport of cricket, which for many of us may seem like a very odd sport. The article was written in February, when the recession was still in full swing.
The second article I chose can be found here. It was written in the New york Times in July of this year. The article is about the struggles of family businesses during the recession. This particular family runs a flag installation company based in Miami.
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That second article is interesting because I think that living out here we have really seen this happen. There have been numerous small family businesses that have had to close because the rent has gone up or their income has gone down. These large chain companies make it too easy to open new stores, putting the family's stores out of business.
ReplyDeleteAlthough i'm not much of a sports fan I find that your first article really points out how people are really starting to consider how they spend their money/ are unable to afford stadium events:concerts,sports etc.
ReplyDeleteYour second article is interesting because it shows that while small, family run businesses are great for certain things, most do not have enough financial backing to stay in business when the economic is in a recession.
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