I understand the point the author is making about why the need for continuing stimulus etc. I just wish people would stop using ridiculous defintions and modifying everything from the past to fit their narratives. From as long as I can remember(50+ years), the textbook definition of a recession was “two consecutive QUARTERS of declinning GDP”. What we had last year was extreme and unique, it was not a recession. Two months doesn’t count for anything. A self inflicted crash to implement various agendas and give the FED and Congress cover for their money creation and deficit spending, period.                                                                                                                  https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/nber-tells-14-million-jobless-americans-recession-officially-ended-april-2020-shortest