The Financial Crisis and America’s Casino Culture

Optimism and individualism are in the country’s DNA. When does a financial shock change that? Full Story »

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by Julian Friedland - Sep. 20, 2009

Great angle but precious little new here. Basically covers background that anyone who has payed attention to the general economic history of this country since the Great depression already knows all too well. Glaringly omitted is any attempt to actually answer the subtitled question of whether Americans can learn to temper their addiction to financial gambling. It would have been nice to hear some suggestions on how the gov't might try to help them learn that lesson.

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