nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||’A Lot To Be Hopeful For’: Crisis Seen As Historic, Not Another Great Depression||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But this downturn should be shorter, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economic historians say.