Archive for February 28th, 2009
Bailout 2008 mirrors 1929 – 1931
Having just published a link to an enlightening list of quotes and headlines from 1929 to 1931 and their likeness to words and deeds of the economic crisis of 2008, you may be interested in checking it out if you’re feeling financial today:
http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/02/quotes-from-1929-1931-and-little.html
The post contains some interesting Astrology notes from July 1931, but is written in English, so not to fret if you don’t speak astrologese.
Or you may skip my post entirely and go directly to the list of quotes and headlines if you wish:
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/02/great-depression-quotes-1929-vs-2008-have-we-learned-anything/
This list from Great Depression times makes for an interesting script that was followed by government, bankers, and mainstream media, yet with more than a little rehash 2008 going on – it’s sort of a ‘revival of a classic’ now playing at the Wall Street Theater.
So, have we? Have we learned anything?
