97-year-old Economist Remembers Depression


	97-year-old Economist Remembers Depression

Joshua Zumbrun

4-2-2009 8:02 PM

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old, economist, great depression, worst since, oldest, keynes, roosevelt, obama, thomas, worsley

Joshua Zumbrun says:

My hope is that Bloomberg will do a similar piece about me, after the Saturnine Moon Real Estate Bubble and Intergalactic Credit Crunch of 2082.

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