the name seems to say it all. The Great Dpression was bad all around, wasn't it? Maybe not. New findings show that the Great Depression was actually good for our health. Annual death rates declined during the years of downtown. The findings could offer a silver lining to today's financial crisis. The results reinforce earlier research showing depressions reduce mortality. In the years 1920 to 1940. "For most age groups, mortality tended to peak during years of strong economic expansion," the authors wrote. "In contrast, the depressions coincided with gains in life expectancy."
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