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Great Depression
julescrittenden.com - 3/9/2009
Great Depression
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A couple of comparisons, macro and micro, at the Boston Herald.
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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There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression
online.wsj.com - 3/13/2009
There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression
— online.wsj.com — It is six months since Lehman fell and the crash (or the great recession, or the collapse... it's time it got its name) began. An aspect of the story given less attention than it is due, perhaps because it doesn't lend itself to statistics, is the ... (more) There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression

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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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