Opinion
The man behind the plan
By Robby Colby | October 30, 2008LOOKING back at United States history, our nation has faced economic crises with relative frequency; roughly every 20 years we experience an economic downturn, or what would have been termed in the 19th century a ?panic.? Those who paid attention in high school history classes, or who have taken a select set of classes at the University will remember them: The Panics of 1819, 1837, 1857; the gold debates and populist movements of the 1880s and 1890s; the crashes of 1907 and 1929; the periods of stagflation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and finally, the crisis-awaiting-a-name in which we now find ourselves.
