A recipe for ‘Stone Soup’ and history’s warnings about the economy

By: Dave Nagle

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 806

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The traditional folk tale goes like this: Mid-afternoon one day, a young man showed up at an elderly lady’s house and, when she answered the door, he asked, “Do you have any food? I am hungry and haven’t eaten.”

When she replied she did not, he then asked if she had a stone, so he could cook it in the kettle he was carrying and make some soup. Well, she went to the garden, got …

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