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To: i-node who wrote (463401)3/12/2009 11:02:45 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578023
 
"A lack of demand created by the fact that people were out of work. Duh."

But, you are ignoring the fact that people were out of work for other reasons than the cost of labor. The reason why there was a lack of demand had a lot to do with the debt ratio and the concentration of wealth in a small percentage of the population. These factors are always a sign of collapse.