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No sooner have the leaders departed the G20 meetings in London than proof has surfaced about just how bad the crisis is getting there. Something just appeared amongst the fine banking institutions and stock-trading houses of London City, where last week demonstrators were hurling computers through...

Update 2009: The recession and new limits on payday advance companies have been sweet news for the nation's pawn shops. No need to be embarrassed any more about visiting a pawn shop; you'll probably meet some of your neighbors there. When I was growing up, I watched a lot of Twilight Zone reruns....