A sky-is-falling attitude, no matter how fleeting, will not do. The economy is so big and so diverse that as fast as links weaken, new links form. Moreover, the economy is so gigantic that no one - no one - can have a complete understanding of it, even for a single instant in time. That's the way an accountant friend describes reality. Selling to contractors may be more challenging today than it was 10 years ago. Yet contractors are still buying, and there is still a whole lot of selling - of equipment, chemicals, service, and technical expertise - going on.
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