Bad decisions on trade, taxes and monetary policy turned a 1929 stock market hiccup into the 1930s-long Great Depression.
Webster, Long and Strzelczyk all died after long bouts of depression, while Waters committed suicide in 2006 at age 44.
That pressure weighed on Mr. Swartz, who friends said had long suffered bouts of depression.
Prof Kroszener says the key difference between a long recession and a depression is whether there are falling prices, or deflation.
Mr. Bernanke is a life-long student of the Great Depression.
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In the same way Great Depression thinking lingered long after the 1930s, the sense that things aren't going to get better could stick with people like Peters and her kids.
And recent studies show that children with serious depression often receive significant long-term benefits in their lives from being treated with medicines.
Among those hurt or threatened by this Great Recession, unfit folks appear more vulnerable to layoffs, long bouts of unemployment and debilitating depression.
Its active ingredient is arsenic salt, which is derived from arsenic stone, not unique to China but long used to treat fevers, depression and arthritis.
And before long, he was struggling with depression and his drinking.
The scale of the American authorities' response reflects both the violence with which this crisis has spread, and the determination of the American authorities, most importantly Mr Bernanke, to learn from the mistakes that made the Depression so deep and long.
It wasn't long after that that his bouts with depression became more acute.
Investors put out the welcome mat for homebuilders in the first half of the year, pushing up their share prices despite the worst pace of new-home sales since the Great Depression on expectations of a long-awaited rebound after the 2008 and 2009 slump.
But that price depression usually represents the opportunity for long-term investors to bag higher returns from these neglected stocks than from the more exciting stocks, says Haugen.
The challenges facing newspapers long predate the worst economic slump since the Great Depression.
Jackson resigned in November after a months-long medical leave for treatment of bipolar disorder and depression.
The wartime cycle usually begins after a long period of commodity price deflation accompanied by an economic depression.
Her grandmother, Vera Vasquez, had a difficult time with the Great Depression and seemed to be scarred by it long after.
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The boomers' parents, who are getting older and frailer, vividly remember the Depression and have held onto their homes as long as possible.
Last week, Barclays Capital recommended an equal weight position on Petrobras, citing its prospects as a good long-term hold, but warned of short term depression in the stock.
But it has been known for a long time that people with no serious illness other than depression are more likely to die than those who are otherwise similar, but mentally healthy.
But as the evolution of finance decades earlier proves, there's quite simply no way that bank failures caused the Depression given the greater truth that finance had long before evolved away from traditional banks.
The effort comes amid growing concern about the risk of brain injuries in football, but the scope extends well beyond concussions to bone and joint injury, heart disease, depression and chronic pain that affect many players long after their careers are over.
Dr. Tator said researchers now recognize the relationship between repeated concussions and depression, a breakthrough on the way to understanding long-term neurological effects of concussions.
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The trials are likely to be long and difficult: Because of the murky and variable nature of depression, it is difficult to measure antidepressant effectiveness at all, let alone subtle differences in the timing of effectiveness.
Yet it's a long way from here to a 3, 800 Dow and a Great Depression.
A. Bank has a long history of weathering downturns, starting as far back as the Great Depression.
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It is no consolation that, in 1987, Malaysia was entering a fantastic, decade-long boom, and that it is now perilously close to a prolonged depression.
It was the only Aspen hotel to survive long pre-ski-resort winters, silver booms and busts, the Depression, and wars.
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