September 30th, 2008 Archive

Dorthea Lange on Main Street

September 30th, 2008 | history, layoffs/cuts/buyouts, news coverage | No comments

My mood is 777 points lower this morning. Derivatives, sub-prime loans, securities, bonds. How do you photograph a crisis still playing out on a balance sheet? Traders with heads in hands, foreclosure signs, politicians at lecterns. What I’m not seeing is any evidence of the human condition on Main Street in national media coverage. ——————- [...]