Read more Great Depression stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25440/great-depression.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:38:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66369/latest-victim-of-recession-larger-families.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFamilies appear to be putting off that baby until economic conditions improve, the New York Times reports. The birth rate fell 2% in 2008 compared to 2007, and the trend looks to be continuing into 2009. “It’s the recession," a sociologist says. "Children are the most expensive item in every...http://www.newser.com/story/66369/latest-victim-of-recession-larger-families.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 13:35:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65994/tax-revenue-takes-biggest-dive-since-great-depression.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS tax revenue is set to shrink 18% from last fiscal year to the current one, ending in October—the largest falloff since 1932, the AP reports. Individual income-tax receipts are off 22%, and corporate revenues have sunk an astounding 57%. “Our tax system is already inadequate to support the...http://www.newser.com/story/65994/tax-revenue-takes-biggest-dive-since-great-depression.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 14:07:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65275/collectors-eye-california-ious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia's recently issued IOUs are only the latest in a long history of dollar substitutes in America, the Wall Street Journal reports, and they're already being eyed by collectors of temporary currency on everything from leather to plywood to old tires to clamshells. Schwarzenegger's scrip is plain in comparison to...http://www.newser.com/story/65275/collectors-eye-california-ious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 6:57:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63470/were-doomed-without-another-stimulus-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYesterday's grim jobs report is the clearest sign yet that the US desperately needs another fiscal stimulus, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . This is 1930s redux: a Democratic president has pushed through an insufficient program, while strapped state governments cancel out federal spending with their own budget...http://www.newser.com/story/63470/were-doomed-without-another-stimulus-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 7:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63255/public-enemies-pretty-if-rote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics mostly like Public Enemies , Michael Mann’s lusciously shot—if not terribly deep—ode to ‘30s gangster life with Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger. The film is a "beautiful work of art," declares Manohla Dargis for the New York Times , "a vividly realistic portrait of a country deep...http://www.newser.com/story/63255/public-enemies-pretty-if-rote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 2:39:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61913/its-too-soon-for-feds-to-ease-up-on-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith critics prematurely calling on Washington to scale back financial rescue efforts, economic history fans see “déjà vu all over again,” writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . This is the third time a major economy has been stuck in a liquidity trap, and both previous times these same...http://www.newser.com/story/61913/its-too-soon-for-feds-to-ease-up-on-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 9:42:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61844/obama-to-launch-radical-bank-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will unveil next week sweeping new changes to the nation’s governance of troubled financial institutions, the AP reports. Unlike Washington’s temporary ownership stake in automakers and major financial companies, the new regulatory protocol will be permanent and will present the most ambitious revision since the 1930s. Most likely...http://www.newser.com/story/61844/obama-to-launch-radical-bank-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 9:51:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61167/hardship-made-them-the-greatest-brokaw.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven before enlisting, World War II soldiers were made great by the “deprivations and lessons of the Great Depression,” Tom Brokaw writes in the Wall Street Journal . Shared sacrifice and lack of staple goods forged the outlook of the "Greatest Generation," and made the Army almost a relief. “So many...http://www.newser.com/story/61167/hardship-made-them-the-greatest-brokaw.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 16:17:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59703/uncertainty-not-poverty-behind-recession-blues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans are worrying more than they were last year, and happiness is down while sadness is up, writes Daniel Gilbert in the New York Times . But it’s not the lightness of our pocketbooks that’s weighing on us; it’s the uncertainty of the times. While most of us still have more...http://www.newser.com/story/59703/uncertainty-not-poverty-behind-recession-blues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 8:32:07 CDT