| ▲ | bink 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
We aren't anywhere close to being in a depression though. What extraordinary situation requires the government to take a stake in a public company and under what conditions will this position be liquidated? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | meowky 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> We aren't anywhere close to being in a depression though. This may be true in the economic sense. But “depression” is as much a political sensation as it is a technically defined economic term. We happen to live in an era where economics for the public is profoundly politicized. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rpmisms 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
We are very close to being in a depression. Most of our money has nothing to do with actually feeding or housing people. If the wrong thing shifts, we're toast. | |||||||||||||||||
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