Don't Get Depressed, It's Not 1929

The world of 1929–33 was one that lacked shock absorbers, like Social Security and deposit insurance, to insulate people from economic disaster. In the 1930s, some of the world's largest economies—Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan and Italy—were run by leaders hostile to the very notion of market capitalism. Today, U.S.-style market capitalism is under assault from self-inflicted wounds, and Germany, Italy and Japan (Russia, not so much) are working ... Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 24, 2008

Daniel Gross convincingly casts the comparisons between the Great Depression and the current economic downturn as inaccurate and disingenuous. Makes the insightful argument that this is an attempt for some financiers to avoid accountability. Cites some qualified experts.

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