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...Coping in this new world will require adjustments by millions of Americans. We all will have to start living within our means - or preferably below them. If you don't overborrow or overspend, you're far less vulnerable to whatever problems the financial system may have. And remember one other thing: the four most dangerous words in the world for your financial health are "This time, it's different." It's never different. It's always the same, but with bigger numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Financial Madness Overtook Wall Street | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...encouraged to pad his estimated costs and borrow more than he needed. At the same time, the government gave up the control position it had formerly held in the private firm. Under this earlier provision it had been able to watch the builder and block his attempts to overborrow. With 608, the government stepped down and turned its back...

Author: By Harry K. Schwartz, | Title: Sin and Section 608: I | 4/27/1954 | See Source »

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