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As the planet's
economy keeps stumbling, the phrase "worst recession since the Great
Depression" has become the new "global war on terror" -- a term whose
overuse has rendered it both meaningless and acronym-worthy. And just
like that previously ubiquitous phrase, references to the WRSTGD are
almost always followed by flimsy and contradictory explanations.
As the planet's
economy keeps stumbling, the phrase "worst recession since the Great
Depression" has become the new "global war on terror" -- a term whose
overuse has rendered it both meaningless and acronym-worthy. And just
like that previously ubiquitous phrase, references to the WRSTGD are
almost always followed by flimsy and contradictory explanations.
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As the planet's
economy keeps stumbling, the phrase "worst recession since the Great
Depression" has become the new "global war on terror" -- a term whose
overuse has rendered it both meaningless and acronym-worthy. And just
like that previously ubiquitous phrase, references to the WRSTGD are
almost always followed by flimsy and contradictory explanations.
As the planet's
economy keeps stumbling, the phrase "worst recession since the Great
Depression" has become the new "global war on terror" -- a term whose
overuse has rendered it both meaningless and acronym-worthy. And just
like that previously ubiquitous phrase, references to the WRSTGD are
almost always followed by flimsy and contradictory explanations.