Comments on: One out of six construction loans in trouble – still a sunny forecast? http://blog.competitivefutures.com/2009/09/06/one-out-of-six-construction-loans-in-trouble-still-a-sunny-forecast/ Trends, forecasts, scenarios, opinions on the future Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ericgarland http://blog.competitivefutures.com/2009/09/06/one-out-of-six-construction-loans-in-trouble-still-a-sunny-forecast/comment-page-1/#comment-347 ericgarland Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:28:16 +0000 http://www.competitivefutures.com/blog/?p=1075#comment-347 When did the "new age of responsibility" start? Everybody who has made an exceedingly horrible decision in the past few years has received cash from the US Federal Treasury.<br><br>Regardless, in my field of competitive intelligence, we talk about the important of "weak signals" intelligence. This came into vogue after 9/11, because people figured some outcomes are so bad we need to look out way in advance. I was skeptical about the new commitment to bad news, since as a futurist I knew there was a major resistance to such information.<br><br>The media's obsessive fluffing of numbers to make a positive story confirms my suspicion that talking about negative scenarios in America is as difficult as it ever was. When did the “new age of responsibility” start? Everybody who has made an exceedingly horrible decision in the past few years has received cash from the US Federal Treasury.

Regardless, in my field of competitive intelligence, we talk about the important of “weak signals” intelligence. This came into vogue after 9/11, because people figured some outcomes are so bad we need to look out way in advance. I was skeptical about the new commitment to bad news, since as a futurist I knew there was a major resistance to such information.

The media's obsessive fluffing of numbers to make a positive story confirms my suspicion that talking about negative scenarios in America is as difficult as it ever was.

]]> By: ericgarland http://blog.competitivefutures.com/2009/09/06/one-out-of-six-construction-loans-in-trouble-still-a-sunny-forecast/comment-page-1/#comment-330 ericgarland Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:28:16 +0000 http://www.competitivefutures.com/blog/?p=1075#comment-330 When did the "new age of responsibility" start? Everybody who has made an exceedingly horrible decision in the past few years has received cash from the US Federal Treasury.<br><br>Regardless, in my field of competitive intelligence, we talk about the important of "weak signals" intelligence. This came into vogue after 9/11, because people figured some outcomes are so bad we need to look out way in advance. I was skeptical about the new commitment to bad news, since as a futurist I knew there was a major resistance to such information.<br><br>The media's obsessive fluffing of numbers to make a positive story confirms my suspicion that talking about negative scenarios in America is as difficult as it ever was. When did the “new age of responsibility” start? Everybody who has made an exceedingly horrible decision in the past few years has received cash from the US Federal Treasury.

Regardless, in my field of competitive intelligence, we talk about the important of “weak signals” intelligence. This came into vogue after 9/11, because people figured some outcomes are so bad we need to look out way in advance. I was skeptical about the new commitment to bad news, since as a futurist I knew there was a major resistance to such information.

The media's obsessive fluffing of numbers to make a positive story confirms my suspicion that talking about negative scenarios in America is as difficult as it ever was.

]]> By: Doug Stephens http://blog.competitivefutures.com/2009/09/06/one-out-of-six-construction-loans-in-trouble-still-a-sunny-forecast/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Doug Stephens Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:44:44 +0000 http://www.competitivefutures.com/blog/?p=1075#comment-329 I couldn't agree more. It's to the point of being absurd. <br>Unemployment is growing, exports are faltering, domestic consumption is declining and yet we're being told we're in recovery. <br><br>It's hard to enter into the "new age of responsibility" when our governments are the last to own up to reality. I couldn't agree more. It's to the point of being absurd.
Unemployment is growing, exports are faltering, domestic consumption is declining and yet we're being told we're in recovery.

It's hard to enter into the “new age of responsibility” when our governments are the last to own up to reality.

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