You know what else turns out to be countercyclical? We’ll give you three clu…oh, you guessed running? Correct!
Check this out: just this weekend, the Cleveland Marathon set an event record for most participants. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, two new marathons are about to be run for the first time. So while the rest of the economy is going down the port-o-john, running is on the rise!
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The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it. -Adam Smith
