"In the 1930s, two things happened to arouse fascination of people in the West, " he says.

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The notion of a stay-at-home dad still seems to arouse a terrible sense of anxiety in many people.

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The plight of an economy in its fourth year of recession, with unemployment at near 25%, a banking system in collapse and many people's savings both devalued and inaccessible, is bound to arouse sympathy.

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