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Last week I highlighted the growing popularity of Great Depression references among the media and academics. Now it seems the public is falling in line with the perception that times may get as hard as 70 years ago, according to a new CNN poll. About 60% of the 1,000 people surveyed by the cable news channel believe a depression is very real. Even bleaker, a related CNNmoney query of economists (no numbers given, so it may not be terribly valid) points to a belief that unemployment could reach as high as 12% next year -- which, while half of...