The simple fact of the matter is, as I know everyone in this room knows, that the recession that this country faced when this President took office was the worst since the Great Depression.

It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression.

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

Depression and recession go together.

Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression.