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**File** In this March 23, 1932 file photo, three unemployed men start a fire for cooking in this vacant lot in New York City, where they live when they are not searching for work. The Great Depression is mentioned a lot these days, even though the current crisis is a long way from exacting such a heavy toll. Still, we live in its shadows. And its history teaches us about responding to a financial crisis. Now, the nation is being tested on how much it has learned from the past. (AP Photo)