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The great Stanford economist Paul Romer once claimed that "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." A crisis of any kind surely produces effects on people which are extremely interesting to read about, whether these effects are negative or positive. The more interesting to many of us would be the positive response by ordinary people to such jolts. We like to read about how people cope with crises, what clever or creative ways  they respond, how  they make a crisis work for them (instead of crushing them). Do news reports about how smart people manage a downturn, and people will happilly read about them, and maybe even be strengthened.      Jimsailing

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