Friday, November 21, 2008
News / Chicagoland Conspicuous belt-tightening
Posted by Whet Moser on 11.21.08 at 03:02 PM
"While a depression or steep recession is a terrible thing, it does lead to a few less Rolexes. And if the Terkel interviews are any indication, it was that diminished sense of disparity - the fact that everyone was going without - that made the time bearable."
Jonah Lehrer looks at money and happiness through the lens of Studs Terkel's Hard Times.
Today the Sun-Times cover asks: HOW LOW CAN IT GO? I dunno, but lower. Much lower, I suspect.
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