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    From businessinsider.com

    What are the signs of a sinking economy? There are obvious symptoms of such a downturn -- decreased consumer confidence, lower demand and rising unemployment. But we looked at other strange correlations between bad times and peoples' behavior. Less drunk driving A recently released Center for Disease Control and Prevention study found that incidences of drunk driving hit a 20 year low last year. The report is based off a 2010 telephone survey of about 210,000 Americans, and found that those that admitted to drunk driving had dropped 30% in the last five years. Despite the decrease in drunk driving, some studies show ... (full story)

one not so suprising trend...male traders are more likely to click on a link with a thumbnail of a pretty girl than not.
Only suprising trend here was the decline in property theft. But the explaination was quite elegant. There is nothing left to steal so the crooks have all left town.
In bad economy, when high employment is high, many people will spend much of their time at home. Similarly, since income level and confidence level also drop, people will also cut down shopping trip and tend to spend more time at home.

This probably explain the decline in property theft which occurs mostly when the property owner and/or occupant is not on the premise.
from looking at the trends, seems like people have more free time in a bad economy...
Last time I had a picnic? Tend to garden?

It ain't so bad, is it?
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  • Posted: Oct 12, 2011 11:55pm
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