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neptunuslex.com - 3/9/2009
A Great Depression
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The political news is so bad these days, it’s depressing even to consider it, not to mention putting finger to keyboard. Laugh if you will about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton going to Moscow with a mislabeled “reset” gag gift, but behind that buffoonery lies the implicit ...
On the job front, this is no Great Depression. Not even close :: The Curious Capitalist
curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com - 3/16/2009
On the job front, this is no Great Depression. Not even close :: The Curious Capitalist
— curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com — Writing (and charting) about the latest employment numbers a couple of weeks ago, I concluded that: It's... probably still nowhere near as dramatic a chart as the monthly numbers from 1931 and 1932 would make. But the BLS wasn't on the case back then. ... (more) On the job front, this is no Great Depression. Not even ...
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Current Job Losses: Not as Bad as the Great Depression
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 3/16/2009
Current Job Losses: Not as Bad as the Great Depression
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — The current recession is “the worst since the Great Depression” but it’s still a good deal better... than the Great Depression. Justin Fox has a chart that makes the point: The data’s not directly comparable because farm ... (more) Current Job Losses: Not as Bad as the Great Depression
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Even Worse Than the Great Depression at SmartMoney.com
smartmoney.com - 3/7/2009
Even Worse Than the Great Depression at SmartMoney.com
— smartmoney.com — Over the last couple years I loved to ridicule all the scaremongers who always said this, that... or the other thing is the worst since the Great Depression. I stand by my ridicule, for the most part -- those prophets of doom were mostly broken clocks ... (more) Even Worse Than the Great Depression at SmartMoney.com

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No Runny Eggs — ... Lex isn’t exactly optimistic about the near-future. He does a better job of putting those thoughts onto the keyboard than I can. ...

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