# How To Start A Recession-Anyone See This?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 5, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-recession-anyone-see-this/382917 "2006-12-05T07:48:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-recession-anyone-see-this/382917/1 "2006-12-05T07:48:41Z")

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This was a monologue, on TV/radio, in 1958 , during the “Eisenhower REcession”. It seemed to be on constantly-and it was the story of how a man shut down his business, because he “heard” there was a recession on…anyway, does this commercial survive anywhere? I can’t find it on YOUTUBE.