Tag Archives: depression

Eating on a budget

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: April 14, 2010

Just the idea of meatloaf conjures an image of TV dinners, Depression-era cookbooks, and eating for cheap. It’s not an inspiring image for a foodie, but I figured there must be a way to make a slightly more modern, healthier version of those dinners and still save money. So last night for my weekly Tuesday [...]

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Then and now

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: October 27, 2009

What is the relevance of the Great Depression to the situation we find ourselves in today? While we’re in a pretty bad recession, the U.S. isn’t close to the levels of poverty and displacement seen after the stock market crash of 1929, but there are lessons and similarities between the two events.
“I think the [...]

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The 1930s and now

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: July 22, 2009

As President Obama addresses the nation about health care reform and the economy, take a look back to President Roosevelt and the projects that brought the country through the Great Depression.

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