“My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.” PeopleWellsKindStatesParentSuccessfulGenerationsEconomicProductsConstantInsecurityMy SisterSuccessful PeopleGreat DepressionInsecurity And Fear Author:Ben Stein
“What little reality television I've seen seems to be about economic desperation. Like the marathon dancing of the Great Depression, which should give us pause. People willing to eat flies and worms for a sum that is less than the weekly paycheck of the show's producer. I haven't seen "reality television" that is other than this kind of painful, sadistic exploitation of fit young people looking for agents.” PeopleGivingShouldKindLittlesShowsRealitySeemsYoungEconomicHavensTelevisionWillingFitDancingPainfulProducersAgentsExploitationPausesDesperationWormsMarathonGreat DepressionPaychecksSadisticReality Television Author:Lorrie Moore
“One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financial crisis in decades - possibly since the Great Depression - and the one group that spends most of its waking hours analyzing the economy basically missed it.” HoursEconomyGroupsEconomicCrisisFinancialDecadesWakingEconomistSpectacularIntriguingGreat DepressionAnalyzingFinancial CrisisEconomic CrisisSubplots Author:Robert J. Samuelson
“Don't ever let anyone tell you that history doesn't repeat. For 70 years, liberals have been spinning the yarn that FDR's New Deal, despite all the evidence that it exacerbated and prolonged the Great Depression, quickened our economic recovery. Indeed, I remember scratching my head when one of my college history professors in the 1970s tried to convince us of that theory and its corollary - an even better howler - that FDR was actually a conservative, because if he hadn't implemented his socialist programs, the republic would have died right there.” IfsYearsHas BeensRememberDealsEconomicCollegeTheoryEvidenceProgramDiedConservativeRecoveryDespiteRepeatsConvinceRepublicProfessorsSocialistSpinningGreat DepressionNew DealYarnConvince UsEconomic Recovery Author:David Limbaugh