The state of our global economy: foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies, layoffs, abandoned projects, and the people and industries caught in the middle. It can be difficult to capture financial pressures in photographs, but here a few recent glimpses into some of the places and lives affected by what some are calling the "Great Recession". (edit: After reading some comments about this on Boing B
![Scenes from the recession](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/6b575b8cf8a60b32ca067f79f68118a0edaadfc8/height=288;version=1;width=512/http%3A%2F%2Finapcache.boston.com%2Funiversal%2Fsite_graphics%2Fblogs%2Fbigpicture%2Farchive%2F103355.jpg)