How we learned to stop worrying and love the Dow;City cycles from Depression to concern to a shrug of the shoulders; where's the angst?

Crain's New York Business, May, 2000 by Brady, James

There is in new york these days much talk of the revival of the city over the past few years. Since our public schools remain a scandal, race relations are lousy and I leave it to you to nominate other, similarly appalling ills, we are not talking Utopia, not quite yet. Certainly, I will concede, the mood around here ranges from hopeful to confident, even cocky, and there seems to be plenty of money around.

But as Peggy Lee plaintively asks, ``Is that all there is? ...'' On a Monday evening last month at the bar of the `21' Club in Manhattan, several men with the sleek, self-satisfied look of Time Inc. advertising salesmen or brokerage house execs were enjoying a cocktail. I knew one of them, and introductions were made. It didn't seem to bother any of us...

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