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It’s bad right? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that we are in the worst recession since perhaps the Great Depression. Unemployment is spiraling out of control, those homes that were so easy to buy just a few years ago are being foreclosed, and it’s harder than has been in years to get credit. Take comfort in the fact that we are all in this mess together.

Understanding how we are all being affected by the economy is the best way to know how you can change your personal economy for the better.

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