2010s-+Recession

Although the 2000s has had some of the top grossing films (aka Avatar) they are still able to show the recession of the economy. Looking at a few of the movies like Freedom Writers, 2012, Trapped, Obsessed, and Final Destination and TV shows such as Degrassi, Heroes, and Jersey Shore it’s easy to see that movie’s moods have changed drastically from the 90s. Even simple childhood movies such as Toy Story 3 have the depression of Andy going away to college and leaving all his toys behind that we’ve come to know and love.
 * MOVIES/TV SHOWS:**

Another way that the 2000’s movies/TV shows have showed the econonmy’s recession is how much it costs to go see a movie. Nowadays it costs about $9.50 to go see a movie not including any food that you want to get with it. The overpricing of movies has made it so that they are not as available to families and in turn has hurt the economy.

= Music: =

In the 90s true rock music became lost. But in the 2000s, rock came back stronger than ever. In fact, rock became the most popular genre of the 2000s. The second most popular genre was hip-hop, which can be a depressing style. Also, in all genres of music the lyrics actually become more depressing and more meaningful as the economy gets worse. This is also true for the 2000s.

Moreover, the overall purchase of music has gone down. In 1999 the music industry made $14.6 billion. And in 2009 the industry made $6.3 billion. Whether this is because of the new way of purchasing music over the internet or whether people just didn’t want to buy music anymore because of the economy. However, the music industry still lost billions of dollars.

Inventions: Inventions of the 2000s have had some decreases due to the lack of money and slow economy. This has affected consumers as well. Producers aren’t making as much because consumers aren’t buying. However items such as mobile devices, iPods, GPS’, gaming systems (Wii, Xbox, Play stations), Ebooks, social networking sites and Blu-ray have made their way through these hard times. Even though the economy wasn’t too great people still want “what’s hot”.

Today we cannot picture our lives with out the use of the Internet. It’s the one thing that most Americans use every single day. This invention has improved and upgraded since the 1990s. The Internet has definitely made a tremendous impact on our lives and future generations. We no longer have to research through books, talk to people in person. Anything we need or want can simply be done through computers and the use of the Internet.

Housing and Family Life

In the 2000s, family life is changing and adapting to the times. The stereotype of the “Leave it to Beaver” family has dissolved, and blended families are beginning to take that’s place. Many families now consist of second and third marriages, along with step parents and children. Because of economic hardships, both parents are usually forced to have jobs in order to support families. The stress from economic downfalls is a factor in many split marriages, and families can no longer “afford” the happiness they had secured in the 90s.

The housing boom that took place in the 90s came to a screeching halt in the early 2000s. Because people were taking out loans they couldn’t afford in reality, the economy took a toll on their ability to pay these loans off. When the economy began to decline, foreclosure rates on homes went through the roof. It was nearly impossible to sell a home, because there was no longer a demand for homes. The crash of the housing market had one of the biggest impacts on the negative turn of the 2000s economy.



2010 Arts & Written Expression

2010 Art: Art in 2010 has been on a slow rise due to the economy coming back from a hard blow. During the year of 2010, a downward trend has started with antique malls, and collectables, because the average consumer sometimes does not have the money to spend on most expensive decorative pieces. On to the trends in art of 2010, more art are on the subject of “going green”, and most think this is because it will influence people to start saving money and help the economy. Architecture has been very innovative, even with the economic conditions. David Childs has prepared the plans for the One World Trade Center, which is currently under construction (a 3d generated picture of it below.)



2010 Written Expression: Literature has evolved in the sense that you can access books anywhere on the internet, or on your phone / handheld device. Reading devices like the kindle (owned by Amazon.com) allows you download books on the go for a cheaper price than buying a full book, which this allows people to save money on books, but then again it hurts smaller books stores. Not too long ago author J. D. Salinger dies, which signifies the end of an era in us literature. It reflects on the passing of American writers that lived during the second World War.
 * Controversies and Crises:**

The 2000s were a time of recession for the American economy. There were crises and controversies that greatly affected the economy. One large crisis that happened was the terrorist attacks on September 11th. It greatly affected the economy and how we deal with trade now. Also, all the new protection for the country from events like this wasn’t free. The NASDAQ, American Stock Exchange, and the New York stock exchange also had to close for six days because of these attacks. Globalization continued to occur, and of course brought opposition. There continued to be protests. There was an energy crisis and oil prices began to rise. Even natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina affected oil prices, and no doubt the economy. The Dow Jones sank and grew. The housing market took a turn for the worse.

Jobs and Salaries

As the economy was up in the 1990s, everyone knew it was going to fall at some point. That point was the 2000s. The economy was dropping because people were buying things that they didn’t need and that they couldn’t pay for. Banks were losing money, the economy was dropping, and it was mostly the consumer’s fault. The lowest point for unemployment in the 2000s was on 4/1/2000 and it was at 3.8%. Of course, this was right after a very prosperous time period. The worst the unemployed rate has been during the 2000s was on 10/1/2009. At this point, 10.1% of America was unemployed. But as time progresses, that number has gone down and the economy has started, surely but slowly, go back up.

Daniel Hunter (Politics and Reform)

George Bush took office in 2001. Shortly after he took office the nation was struck by the attacks from terrorists on 9/11. Bush was forced into a full-blown war. A lot of money was spent on weapons and soldiers. By 2005 the economy had dropped off and people started loosing their job. An official recession was announced in 2007. Natural disasters also crippled the nation. Events like hurricane Katrina caused a lot of damage and the government spent even more money. Even after all of this Bush still tried to put more homeland security policies in place. And by the end of his presidency bush had stabilized the economy. It could go any lower than it already was. The economy was going to be on the upswing.

Sports The sports economics of the 2000s were unfortunately not revlective of the 1990s. With banks closing every which way, American sports fans were staying inside for the game. As unemployment rose the the seats became empty. All four major sports lost profit from 2003-2007 in America. Hockey took the biggest blow with a full league lockout.

Fears arise now for a league lockout of the NFL in years to come. This would seriously set back the entire nations economy, for football being our largest sport in popularity. As the unemployment slows and the official recession coming to a close maybe things will start to turn up in the future. For now, we have to comtinue to recover and pump money into our major sporting leagues.