On June 29 2010 12:29 MangoTango wrote:
Wow, nobody thinks that Africa has the most problems? People are frakking starving there, people. Also, AIDS and warlords and endemic tropical disease and religious persecution and all of that.

It's specifically about the recession, nothing else.

jstar

Canada568 Posts

June 29 2010 03:59 GMT

#22

Why is this in a poll? You can find facts about it.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

June 29 2010 04:11 GMT

#23

Yes I was just about to ask why this is a poll. Hilarious. It's basically a poll to see what % of people who partake in the poll know wtf they are talking about.

(for the record, i didn't answer - cuz i don't know!)

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

June 29 2010 04:13 GMT

#24

I voted Europe because they are leading the poll and I will take their word for it

Linx_101

Canada166 Posts

June 29 2010 04:20 GMT

#25

On June 29 2010 12:58 Stratos_speAr wrote:

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It's specifically about the recession, nothing else.

If there's a recession and your own country is suffering, who would want to pay for African countries and their poverty stricken people? That's my guess anyways...

love1another

United States1844 Posts

June 29 2010 04:29 GMT

#26

Antarctica thirded. We can expect the human population to drop by as much as 50%. What other region can beat such a dramatic downturn?

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

June 29 2010 04:37 GMT

#27

I answered the thread title rather than the poll title. ;p

chose Africa

Ramsing

Canada233 Posts

June 29 2010 05:55 GMT

#28

I'd say the US. They have been in the recession for a much longer period of time and, unlike Europe where certain countries have been able to move out of recession to a reasonable degree, the vast majority of the US is still suffering from the effects of the recession. From what I've seen improvement in the States is relatively non-existent and is really strongly overshadowed by specific states that look like they're going to be a massive drain on the American economy (California comes to mind). Germany and a few other countries can keep the EU afloat until the storm has passed...the real question imo is who can do that for the US?

GodIsNotHere

Canada395 Posts

June 29 2010 06:05 GMT

#29

Lol Who the hell gave Canada 3 votes? Canada came out of the recession with the least amount of damage done to it due to much safer banking regulation. I'm more shocked Africa/Others didn't get more votes just look at Greece an the problems they've been having an the effect its been having on the global market.

OneOther

United States10774 Posts

June 29 2010 06:07 GMT

#30

due to recession? europe. most overall problems = africa though for obvious reasons.

Wombatsavior

United States107 Posts

June 29 2010 06:33 GMT

#31

I chose other, and the reasons I chose that option are because I see this as more than just a seperate issue. The heavy influences most countries have are going to have huge and dynamic consequences. Currently to me it seems there is a race to collapse between the US and the EU, with EU in the lead, but I feel confident the US will win in the end (not that any of it is good.)

I foresee a market crash that will shake the world, not just individual countries, take a look around the world and do some basic research into each countries' recessions, and you find most of the world seems to be going under. This leads to my answer, I choose other, as when things finally start crashing badly, it'll domino effect the rest of the world.

Interesting side factoid; The only country to use a monetary system that does not print its own money, and instead is loaned that money, but hasn't collapsed is....America. It has never lasted beyond some 6 decades without completely collapsing, I believe the 2nd place country that made it was Germany in WW2, when a US dollar was worth three trillion Reichsmarks or so at the end of the war. The only country that hasn't had this happen yet, would be America, which current monetary system has been going since 1913.

How much farther can it go guys?

Quanticfograw

United States2053 Posts

June 29 2010 06:40 GMT

#32

Lol glad i read the full post, i was about to smack anyone who didnt vote for africa

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

June 29 2010 06:47 GMT

#33

The question is too vague.
In terms of % of earnings a recession will hit the richest hardest.
In terms of life and death people in real poverty can be pushed from "just about coping" into "dieing of starvation". Not only can their livelihoods be hit but private aid usually drops during difficult times making it a double hit of less money overall and less aid.
Although we are all poorer no-one in England is going to starve as a result of the recession. With that in mind it must surely be worst for parts of Africa/Asia.

Velr

Switzerland10910 Posts

June 29 2010 12:06 GMT

#34

1. iceland
2. greece
3. spain, portugal and probably ireland.

But germany + france are able to keep the Euro afloat for a relly long time.

But if you compare the whole of europe to the US, the US has probably the shit end of the stick.

In switzerland i noticed nearly nothing, just our currency is getting too strong.

HnR)hT

United States3468 Posts

June 29 2010 12:27 GMT

#35

Africa, with the Middle East a distant second. Depends on what sort of problems you mean though. It's really hard to compare...

edit: oops, didn't notice this was about the recession only

Subversive

Australia2229 Posts

June 29 2010 12:28 GMT

#36

On June 29 2010 21:06 Velr wrote:
1. iceland
2. greece
3. spain, portugal and probably ireland.

But germany + france are able to keep the Euro afloat for a relly long time.

But if you compare the whole of europe to the US, the US has probably the shit end of the stick.

In switzerland i noticed nearly nothing, just our currency is getting too strong.

Yeah Australia has really dodged the worst of this as well. Don't know who voted Aus. Our unemployment keeps dropping, our trade is strong and we've made almost a 100% recovery. Only our deficit has increased, which compared to the US and Europe is nothing anyway.

SoL[9]

Portugal1370 Posts

June 29 2010 12:34 GMT

#37

Europe.
Greece and Portugal are in danger situation.

Jzerg

84 Posts

June 29 2010 12:48 GMT

#38

On June 29 2010 12:58 Stratos_speAr wrote:

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It's specifically about the recession, nothing else.

I replied Africa as well. The recession hasn't directly affected them as much as some countries, but there are huge indirect effects on the continent (less foreign aid, harder time getting loans and financing for economic development, more indifference from powerful countries to abuses happening there, etc), which, due to their already terrible state of affairs, have a huge negative effect there.

-Kato-

Spain1146 Posts

June 29 2010 12:56 GMT

#39

Am I the only one who finds that way of dividing "regions" in the world strange?

Diuqil

United States307 Posts

June 29 2010 12:58 GMT

#40

I know here in Bosnia people are getting kidnapped/killed cause of the recession.