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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.

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008 09:38 PM

    A question for aj calhoun,

    Your lengthy response was just a TAD condecending, so I hesitate to ask you to elaborate, but this site can be a circle jerk sometimes im curious as to what your opinion was about the content of the article. Are you saying that mr leonard is yelling fire in a crowded theater, or just the letter writers? His presentation seems only moderately alarmist and conclusions seemed reasonable to me. What would a fiscally conservative republican suggest to improve our current situation? (Isnt it funny that our print-more-money-to-pay-for-the-war-and-bail-out-the-banks-administration would also describe themselves as fiscally conservative?)Hopefully you have time to answer.Ill check tomorrow, im going to bed. (goodnight)

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