Name Recessions After People

Where names have doubled up, I've used the most interesting surname or middle name. This has prevented three Recession Williams (a tip when choosing the next cabinet).<p>This titling system makes conversation so much easier: "Well, I survived Recession McAdoo, but Recession Andrew was a doozie! If they ever name a Hurricane after that guy, I'm outta here."<p>1797-1800 Recession Oliver<p>1807-1814 Recession Albert<p>1819-1824 Recession Crawford<p>1837-1843 Recession Levi<p>1857-1860 Recession Howell<p>1873-1879 Recession William<p>1893-1896 Recession John<p>1907-1908 Recession George<p>1918-1921 Recession McAdoo<p>1929-1939 Recession Andrew<p>1953-1954 Recession Magoffin<p>1957-1958 Recession Robert<p>1973-1975 Recession Pratt<p>1980-1982 Recession Donald<p>1990-1991 Recession Nicholas<p>2001-2003 Recession Paul<p>2008- Recession Henry<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_Unite...</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_...</a>

This would encourage the wrong behavior, namely doing accounting shenanigans to put off the recession until your successor takes office.

Unfortunately this will often mean the recessions are named after the person trying to fix them rather than the ones who are chiefly responsible.<p>I despise Bush as much as anyone, but he's only had a small part in getting us into this mess.

Damn it. I wanted to name this one "Scoble" or "Le Recession".

I think we should name the recessions after men and go back to naming hurricanes after women.

Yes, but not just some people, the people who caused the recessions in the first place.