Except to perpetrate economic despair on these poor people here, who are all legitimate working guys.

But religious righteousness has been a more potent force than economic despair.

In a climate of political rage and economic despair, nihilism plays a lot better.

They would then use the new level of economic despair to justify further cutting.

The world below may have been descending into economic despair, but these are images of unabashed optimism.

Certainly people's dreams and aspirations were also affected by such widespread economic despair.

When the mill closed, the town lapsed into economic despair.

They are in economic despair and their health is deteriorating.

At times of economic despair, many people simply stop looking for jobs, and are left uncounted.

He brought economic hope out of deep economic despair.