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ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. -- First: Kiss the rally good-bye, says Jeremy Grantham, legendary CEO of the $101 billion GMO money-management firm. Why? The market is overvalued 25%. Full Article at FOX News
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Do downturns create Democrats? The Great Depression certainly did: The generation that came of age in the 1930s has cleaved to the Democratic Party like no population before or since. Full Article at Detroit News Online
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2008 file photo, Tony Bennett poses with his wife Susan Benedetto in Los Angeles. View Photo »
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During the Great Depression and World War II, the top income tax rate rose from pre-war levels. In 1939, the top rate was 75% applied to incomes above $5,000,000 ($75 million 2007 dollars). During 1944 and 1945, the top rate was its all-time high at 94% applied to income above $200,000.
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As an addendum to William R. Casey's letter "Health care then" (Nov. 16 and TribLIVE.com) about physicians of old, and as someone who grew up during the Great Depression, I can well remember general practitioners making house calls -- not six-figure... Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
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About 100 miles from Erie in southwestern New York, headquartered in the picturesque village of Arcade, is the Arcade & Attica Railroad. Full Article at GoErie.com
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Long time Outside of the Box readers are familiar with John Hussman of the eponymous Hussman Funds. And once again he is my selection for this week's OTB. This week he touches on several topics, all of which I find interesting. Full Article at Safehaven
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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1930 file photo, unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio to apply for jobs during the Great Depression. View Photo »
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Ben Bernanke’s thesis was on the Great Depression, and it has had a tremendous influence on what he’s done, because he really understands that period, and it is one of the reasons he’s been so decisive
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Long time Outside of the Box readers are familiar with John Hussman of the eponymous Hussman Funds. And once again he is my selection for this week's OTB. This week he touches on several topics, all of which I find interesting. Full Article at The Market Oracle
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County Council President Phil Andrews sent out the following memo to the council reflecting on his term as President in 2009. Your author offers one additional note. Full Article at Maryland Politics Watch
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2008 file photo, Tony Bennett poses with his wife Susan Benedetto in Los Angeles. Tony Bennett may sing about San Francisco, but he left his heart in Astoria _ the working-class Queens community where he grew up during the Great Depression.
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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1930 file photo, unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio to apply for jobs during the Great Depression.
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A home is seen on sale Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Blue Island, Ill. The U.S. housing market has started to recover from the most far-reaching crisis since the Great Depression, data released Thursday shows.
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A house is seen for sale Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Blue Island, Ill. The U.S. housing market has started to recover from the most far-reaching crisis since the Great Depression, data released Thursday shows.
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A house for sale, Friday, July 23, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla. , is shown. The U.S. housing market has started to recover from the most far-reaching crisis since the Great Depression, data released Thursday shows.
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NEW YORK - JULY 10: A piece by artist Damon Rich is shown at the Red Lines Crisis Housing Learning Center at the Queens Museum of Art July 10, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 10: An installation showing pre-foreclosed homes (2005-2008) in Newark, New Jersey painted red is seen at the Red Lines Crisis Housing Learning Center by artist Damon Rich at the Queens Museum of Art July 10, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 10: An old housing advertisement is seen at the Red Lines Crisis Housing Learning Center by artist Damon Rich at the Queens Museum of Art July 10, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 10: Miniature photos showing homes are seen at the �Red Lines Crisis Housing Learning Center� by artist Damon Rich at the Queens Museum of Art July 10, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 10: An installation showing pre-foreclosed homes (2005-2008) in Newark, New Jersey painted red is seen at the Red Lines Crisis Housing Learning Center by artist Damon Rich at the Queens Museum of Art July 10, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 10: An installation showing pre-foreclosed homes (2005-2008) in Newark, New Jersey painted red is seen at the Red Lines Crisis Housing Learning Center by artist Damon Rich at the Queens Museum of Art July 10, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical booklets "Charity in Truth" are seen at a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical of his pontificate, at the Vatican, Monday, July 6, 2009.
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical of his pontificate, as his Archbishop James Harvey, Prefect of the Papale Household, looks on, at the Vatican, Monday, July 6, 2009.
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical of his pontificate, at the Vatican, Monday, July 6, 2009.
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI signs his third encyclical of his pontificate at the Vatican, Monday, July 6, 2009.
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FILE -- In this June 3, 2009 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday before the House Budget Committee.
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FILE - This April 29, 2009 file photo shows Don Brown in the passenger seat and Doug Stott, production manager for the Oldsmobile brand, parking the last made Oldsmobile, an Alero, at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, Mich.
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FILE - This Feb. 12, 1937 photo shows strikers at the General Motors Fisher body plant in Flint, Mich. , waving U.S. flags during the Great Depression.
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FILE - This file photo circa 1958 shows a Cadillac Eldorado, standing outside of New York's Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park.
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FILE - This undated file photo released by General Motors shows a 1953 Chevrolet Corvette. General Motors survived wars, strikes and the Great Depression churning out Chevys, Cadillacs and other vehicles that often defined their owners' status in life.
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FILE - This 1937 photo released by the Library of Congress shows men on strike guarding the windows at General Motors' Fisher Body plant in Flint, Mich.
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FILE - This undated photo shows William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors. General Motors survived wars, strikes and the Great Depression churning out Chevys, Cadillacs and other vehicles that often defined their owners' status in life.
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FILE - This Jan. 16, 1969 file photo shows exhibitors at the Brussels Car Show held at the Plais Du Centenaire, in Brussels. General Motors survived wars, strikes and the Great Depression churning out Chevys, Cadillacs and other vehicles that often defined their owners' status in life.
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FILE - This undated photo shows William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors. General Motors survived wars, strikes and the Great Depression churning out Chevys, Cadillacs and other vehicles that often defined their owners' status in life.
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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1930 file photo, unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio to apply for jobs during the Great Depression.
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During the Great Depression and World War II, the top income tax rate rose from pre-war levels. In 1939, the top rate was 75% applied to incomes above $5,000,000 ($75 million 2007 dollars). During 1944 and 1945, the top rate was its all-time high at 94% applied to income above $200,000.
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Ben Bernanke’s thesis was on the Great Depression, and it has had a tremendous influence on what he’s done, because he really understands that period, and it is one of the reasons he’s been so decisive
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This year’s CFO of the Year award winners and runners-up demonstrate the diversity of industry backgrounds and experience levels that have helped Silicon Valley’s companies weather the worst economic trough since the Great Depression.
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Facing the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, many companies have responded to the urgency of climate change by slashing energy costs, investing in the future, and working to change consumer perceptions of business
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I don't see this recession as being anything comparable to the 25 to 50 percent unemployment we had during the Great Depression
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The rating agencies were central players in causing the worst economic crisis in Ohio since the Great Depression
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While it's our worst recession since the Great Depression, the numbers reflect the fact that it's not as bad here as it is in many parts of the country
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Based on the data currently available, the recession that began at the close of 2007 appears to have ended sometime this summerthe longest and steepest drop in output since the Great Depression ... The federal government's series of unprecedented policy actionsboth fiscal and monetarydeserve much of the...
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I've said this all year and I'll say it again, we're living in the most difficult economic environment since the Great Depression
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This has been an extraordinary year, less for me than for the American people: two wars, worst financial crisis since the Great Depression
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The recession of 2008 was the worst since the Great Depression.
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At the same time, our economy is challenged by the highest effective unemployment rate since the Great Depression.
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Massive government spending programs and protectionist economic policies actually helped turn a recession into the Great Depression.
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After the experiences of the Great Depression and World War II, the United States led in the creation of the international financial system that anchored prosperity and stability for more than 60 years
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College should not be so expensive. It's the biggest recession since the Great Depression. How could college prices go up?
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It is very appropriate that the leaders of the world's largest free market democracy would address the business audience of both countries at the very building of the US Chambers of Commerce, which was build during the Great Depression of the United States
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I was raised by the generation that came up in the Great Depression and World War II, which doesn't like debt ... I'm a (Baby) Boomer, and we put everything on a credit card.
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Despite the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, donors to the University of Minnesota seek to fund research that changes our lives, to support talented students who feed our economic vitality as a state and to build assets only the university can bring to our state and our world
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We must continue to make jobs our number one priority as we pull our nation out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression ... Things aren't going to get better overnight. We must continue bringing new jobs here to Missouri.
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As the recent recession, the worst since the Great Depression, reminded us, our work is not done ... Our goal is to provide sustainable growth.
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In April 1936, Kansas is plagued with drought and decay in the wake of The Great Depression. America migrates toward work but one family is rooted to their barren farm, haunted by loss and a once-prosperous life. As another spring approaches with no sign of renewal they begin to adapt to the inevitable,...
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This takes place in the Great Depression, and we seem to be living through what some people are calling the Great Recession
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How could that be? By April 1930, the stock market had recovered to its pre-crash level. What is not taught in history books is the Great Depression was caused by a massive government failure
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