By early 2009, the plunge in stock markets around the world reached its nadir, and fear of a deep depression, according to the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey, was at its highest level since the second oil crisis in the early 1980’s. Stories of the Great Depression of the 1930’s were recalled from our dimmest memories – or from our parents’ and grandparents’ memories – and retold.
2009年初，全球股市崩盘达到谷底，密歇根大学消费情绪调查表明，对深度萧条的恐慌达到了自20世纪80年代初第二次石油危机以来的最高水平。关于20世纪30年代大萧条的故事从我们——或我们父辈和祖父辈——记忆最深处被唤醒，并重新讲述。