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Study Links 1930 Bank Suspensions To Contemporary Suicide Rates

December 4, 2010 by

Depression-era bank suspensions have had a lasting harmful effect on the hardest-hit communities, affecting suicide rates and disheartening residents decades down the road, a new University of Iowa study suggests. The lead researcher said these communities have turned out a bit more like the fictional town of "Pottersville" depicted in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life...

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