It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
Forget Charles Dickens and A Tale Of Two Cities, I’m talking about right now. After all, when was the last time the U.S. government was willing to give you as much as $4,500 to help you buy a new car . . . and a car company was willing to match it? Also, when was the last time you remember house prices falling 30%? The story goes that the word “depression” was chosen by President Hoover as a way of describing the economic crisis of the 1930s, because the previously used word “panic” sounded too alarming. Well, with unemployment approaching…