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Preventing a collapse of the financial system is part of preventing a depression. However, the shorthand term for this--getting the banks able and willing to lend--is misleading.
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Another path to recovery: higher incomes
Preventing a collapse of the financial system is part of preventing a depression. However, the shorthand term for this--getting the banks able and willing to lend--is misleading.
A Society of Fear
Society has been organized to make the wage slave/debt slave trap the default path for almost everyone.