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Jesus Manifesto
November 28, 2008
My dad passed away in 2005 at the age of 84. He belonged to the so-called “Greatest Generation”, those who came of age during the Second World War and the Depression. Both events influenced father, and although my dad was deeply affected by his military service during the war, it was the Great Depression that had a more enduring impact on his life. My dad became a pharmacist, a career his father encouraged him to pursue, because, you see, pharmacists had work during the Great Depression.
Now and again my dad and I would talk about the Crash of 1929 and the economic catastrophe that followed. He always believed that the fundamental element of economic behavior that led to the Depression had not changed: greed.
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Jesus Manifesto
November 28, 2008
My dad passed away in 2005 at the age of 84. He belonged to the so-called “Greatest Generation”, those who came of age during the Second World War and the Depression. Both events influenced father, and although my dad was deeply affected by his military service during the war, it was the Great Depression that had a more enduring impact on his life. My dad became a pharmacist, a career his father encouraged him to pursue, because, you see, pharmacists had work during the Great Depression.
Now and again my dad and I would talk about the Crash of 1929 and the economic catastrophe that followed. He always believed that the fundamental element of economic behavior that led to the Depression had not changed: greed.
read the rest here
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