<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>PJ Media</title><link>https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/11/23/how-bad-is-it/feed/</link><description>PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:26:06 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>How bad is it?</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[The economy, I mean. The President-elect warns that &amp;#8220;the worst is yet to come&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;millions of jobs&amp;#8221; might be lost.  Olivier Blanchard, head of the International Monetary Funds, agrees: &amp;#8220;The worst is yet to come,&amp;#8221; he told a German newspaper recently. Type &amp;#8220;economy bad news&amp;#8221; into your search engine: you&amp;#8217;ll find plenty more where that came from. Jim Cramer, the excitable, &amp;#8220;progressive&amp;#8221; financial analyst, set the tone some months ago with his &amp;#8220;this-is-Armageddon&amp;#8221; video.]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:29:51 -0500</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/11/23/how-bad-is-it-n115375</link></item></channel></rss>