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What people/industry will be the richest after this current depression?

schindyguy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:43:25 -0800

What industry/people came out the richest after the Great Depression? And what industry/people do you predict will be the richest after the one we are headed towards? I don’t mean firefighter, public servant, etc. I am looking for specific people or industries that actually grew larger and many times more profitable as a direct result of the depression.

I remember reading about the robber barons, but don’t know if that was during the depression. And also the short sellers during the first depression.

I know it is kind of capitalistic/evil to be thinking about, but the more important question that I have is who do you think will be the richest after the depression is over? Will it be a industry like technology or a specific group of people?

The reason I ask is because I am fresh out of college and would pursue whatever industry you suggest. I am completely motivated by money (and I know I will hear some comments about that, however please refrain from judging me on this characteristic).

Great Depression movies

DirtyCreature — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:12:10 -0800

Most acclaimed or your favorite movies about life during the Great Depression or the Great Panic of 1873?

History of the Great Depression?

prunes — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:14:45 -0800

What is the definitive economic history that details contemporary thought regarding the Great Depression? I would like an author that presents contemporary thought regarding the Great Depression. A plus would be if the book also details past "consensus" thought and why it, in retrospect, is incorrect. I'm not looking for light "pop" reading and I have a decent base with which to understand the author's arguments.

Rabbi killing a chicken?

Robot Johnny — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:56:24 -0800

What Jewish tradition involves a rabbi killing a chicken? I'm transcribing a conversation with my grandmother that I taped about 15 years ago, and I plan on using our conversation as the basis for a more fleshed-out piece of writing/comics.

But since I was 13 at the time of the interview, I made for a pretty lousy journalist -- she spoke of many things, often glazing over details, and being a dumb kid, I never asked for clarification or elaboaration on anything she said.

The conversation is about her life growing up in the 20s and 30s during the Depression, and she tells a story about how her neighbours were a Jewish family, and that since her back yard was higher than theirs, when all the neighbourhood kids saw the rabbi coming down the street, they'd all rush to her yard where they could stand on the bank overlooking the Jewish family's yard so they could "watch the rabbi kill the chicken".

What was/is this tradition? Any and all details would help!

(FWIW, she grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada which until WWI was named Berlin, and was populated primarily by German immigrants)