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Americans Selling All Their Possessions On Craigslist

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Just like Tom Joad's blues ...That 0.6% bit of economic growth in the first quarter of 2008 was just the pathetic result of $3.50-a-gallon gasoline, but there is one sector of the U.S. economy that’s truly booming: Desperate Americans are selling off their last possessions on Craigslist and other online flea-market sites, just so they can buy a little food and gas. MORE »