So what do we call our current economic troubles, which are not as bad as the Great Depression but will clearly last a very long time and mess up our golden years and the lives of our kids?

The Not So Great Depression for We're O.K. Generation?

Meanwhile we are committed to fight the eternal War on Scary People which does not seem to have any of the beneficial economic effects that WWII had.

We would have done better but capital markets would not let us.