I’d buy a 5 cap value add deal any day of the week in a growing market with the prospect of jobs over a 12 cap in a depressed area.

The Great Depression was a RESULT, not a cause, the accepted cause was a run on the banks, which has been identified down to exactly what 1 single bank it all started at.

TPTB can, and will, just keep printing and throwing money at this, increasing inflation and then creating recessions, even depression.

Despite always having bits in my bag with the Leatherman Juice and toolcase with a full complement of regular bits, the flat drivers, small and large, on the Victorinox are also very useful for old flathead screws manufactured before the Great Depression, well before standardization dictated a deeper and wider cut in flatheads, as well as electrical cover plate screws for outlets and switches (these are always very narrow and have trouble taking a standard bit.

I don't care how unpopular my answer is, but if people don't study economic cycles, they won't understand that the catalyst for each recession (depression) has never been the same.

Make them Achievable, but Challenging.Constant failure to achieve objectives is depressing and demotivating, it is therefore important that they remain realistic at all times. 4.

Having no open credit lines depresses your credit score.  

Ironically, this was a contributor to the crash - read "The Great Depression Ahead" by Harry Dent.  10,000 babyboomers will retire each and every day for the next 22 years.  

Luckily it was 2010 and everything was already depressed.

It took 25 years to recover after the 1928 depression.