Talk:Economic collapse

message: It sounds like the 1929 stock market crash was a result of government overregulation.  It's probably just a language problem.
--Paul  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.120.100.205 (talk) 17:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What about unrestricted (unregulated) access to credit that contribued to the crash? 12.207.82.157 (talk) 18:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: This article is rather poor, it makes sweeping generalizations without references or other support and is not nearly well researched enough. --66.66.6.153 16:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do not remove content without discussing it here.  The video of Paul Kankorski's speech is in fact on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGVeLFscMFw&feature=relatedPhmoreno (talk) 21:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV / Cleanup

message: Some may think it unusual or non-encyclopedia like that there is no precise definition of economic collapse; however, there is no precise definition of a recession either.Phmoreno (talk) 16:21, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be nice if the recession article could be more specific, but it does include explicit definitions from reliable sources rather than "'some people say ... something vague...". What sources are there which say what an economic collapse is, rather than just using it as a label when describing another subject? bobrayner (talk) 16:42, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Economic collapse is a term that is rarely used in mainstream economics.  The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter (1990) was widely read and popularized the idea of a collapse, or at least opened a dialog on the subject.  Since Tainter, economic collapse has been used in book titles such as Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Experience and American Prospects by Dmitry Orlov and Crash Proof 2: How to Profit from the Economic Collapse (2011) by Peter D. Schiff.  The term was used by journalists to describe the Argentine collapse.Phmoreno (talk) 18:31, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

text: There are very many sources which use the phrase "blue t-shirt", in various arrangements and without definition. That alone doesn't mean that we should have an article on Blue t-shirt which tries to cobble together the various disparate uses into one unified piece of text. bobrayner (talk) 01:50, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Really you are arguing because a blue t-shirt might not be defined (which it actually is very defined since a t-shirt has a definition and you described it as blue) but because someone else's article might be wrong you suggest that all articles should be wrong?  This article currently has little meaning.  Its like calling something a superfood or organic before the FDA decided to make guidelines of what needs to happen to label a food as organic.  In this case 'economic collapse' is referenced as what could happen but after reading the entire article we still don't know what the heck it means when it is stated.  Does it mean our entire civilization will collapse into a more chaotic system of city-states or a feudal system instead of having a central government.  Could it be argued that the economic collapse already happened and it is simply a tougher economy but by no means will it destroy the country like doomsayers think (which is something that as far back as recorded history goes people continuously predict the end of the world if that is what 'economic collapse' means.  Wikipedia is really a horrible source for factual information.  Poor grammar, poorly defined articles, and random rambling of factoids that progress further and further away from the actual topic.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:B:A3C0:7:B448:8185:3469:C65F (talk) 04:00, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

text: If your point is "Why is this an article?" then all I can say is that someone put it here and it seems to get a good amount of readership.  As for the definition, we have to go by the way it's used in various books and articles.  Anyway, it was total trash before I started working on it, not that it's great now, but at least I read some of the reference material.  I think it's important that people know that economic collapses have happened and what to expect.  While this might not seem to be important to your particular situation, everyone in the world is not so fortunate.Phmoreno (talk) 02:55, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
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message: Based on impacts of Covid 19, “economic collapse” and related search terms are likely to be getting more common on google. I’m requesting/recommending you kind volunteers watching this article make it a priority to cleanup and make accurate, especially as the possibilities of multiple economic collapses this year are increasingly likely. 
Thank you for all you do. Especially for working from home. Our work here to give people good information on the first pages they get is of critical value to the world so please know you are making a difference!  
Very gratefully, DrMel (talk) 01:09, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expecting high volume of traffic here