My employer has a novel strategy for beating the recession.  It's called "selling high quality products that people want to buy for more than it costs to make them."  A few weeks ago we announced a new commercial product that outperforms our previous generation of products nearly 10:1 but uses considerably less power.  If our business customers replace their existing product with said new product, the product will pay for itself in reduced energy costs in less than eighteen months.  Recession notwithstanding, the orders are pouring in.

Next week - how to buy an automobile using money you save.