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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:00 AM

The Great Depression: The sequel

Is it coming to a soup kitchen near you? Here's how we'll know if the current recession is turning into something much worse.
By Andrew Leonard

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008 07:34 PM

    never again -- I hope

    I have the unpleasant feeling that it would take a Depression-era WPA program to get a damn thing done about any of our ignored infrastructural crumbling.

    Which would be the only good thing about a depression.

    Everything else? Can you imagine today's Americans lined up politely to wait for a bowl of soup? Or sleeping in the parks on a 90 degree night unmolested? Or sharing an apartment with a dozen relatives or strangers? That's what my mother remembers.

    We all better hope God himself doesn't let it happen again, because none of those things I just mentioned are going to work out so well.

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