I'm not seeing the point of this thread.
The purpose of this thread was to illuminate how poor we have been this decade.
We have had an even worst decade than the 80s & 90s....Stats dont lie.
Not wanting to be argumentative mat, the thing is you would have to be a completely deaf and blind numbskull not to know this already. This thread seems to be an exercise in stating the bleeding obvious and frankly has been done to death over the period of several years.
I don't understand why, in this period of exceptional optimism, we need to revisit a past that we are trying to leave behind.
Tell you what, now that I know what is in this thread I will personally ignore it. I'm am sure some will enjoy this thread as you hope, and it is not up to me to censor the content of this site. I didn't get why this thread was created but that's my problem.
OER is a great site and it is terrific that you like it. One of the things OER has that perhaps other sites do not have is a robust sharing of opinions. Please do not take my post as a personal attack, it is not meant to be.