From the course: Economics for Everyone: Understanding a Recession

Knowledge is power

From the course: Economics for Everyone: Understanding a Recession

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Knowledge is power

- Recessions are scary. People lose jobs, investments lose value, and businesses fail. Much of that will be beyond your control, but not all of it. I'm Jason Schenker and I've been an economist for over 15 years. And I'm here to share with you what I know about the economy, about recessions, and about being recession-proof. The most important thing to know is that even if you're in a downturn now, every recession is followed by a recovery. And you need to know how to hold on to find upside after the downturn.

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