Hello all!

I'm a doctoral student (in history) and enjoy writing. A good thing too-history is mostly reading and writing. My interests are rather eclectic-so I really don't know what I'll be writing about tomorrow!

My passion is ...

LIFE!

I know too much about ...

Nothing. There's always more to learn

My parents always told me ...

"Always ask why"

My childhood ambition ...

To go into space (and it is still is #1)

My favorite memory ...

Being at Cape Kennedy to watch Apollo 8 lift off for the moon

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Right now: history, history, and more history. Comp exams are just around the corner!

My first job ...

McDonalds. Yuck!

Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Will rising gas prices in America cause an economic depression?

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No one is enjoying or benefiting from the sharp increases in gas prices over the past couple of years (with the possible exception of those owning substantial blocks of petroleum industry stock). But to argue that these price increases will cause an economic depression is a gross exaggeration. Before looking at why this is so, I want to (at the risk of being pedantic) be clear about just what I mean by the terms "recession" and "depression." A recession is defined as two or more consecutive quarters of negative (falling) economic output. There is no formal definition for a depression, b...

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