Tag: great depression
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A Tale of Two Depressions
Vox: A Tale of Two Depressions (HT: John Lunn) Editor's note: The 6 April 2009 Vox column by Barry Eichengreen and Kevin O'Rourke shattered all Vox readership records, with 30,000 views in less than 48 hours and over 100,000 within the week. The authors will update the charts as new data emerges; this updated column…
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Memories of the Great Depression shared by four Flint women contrast with today’s economic crisis
Flint Journal: Memories of the Great Depression shared by four Flint women contrast with today's economic crisis GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — To those who lived through the Great Depression — people now in their 80s and 90s — today's economic conditions don't come close to rivaling the distress of the Great Depression. "When I see…