Now, however, economists are in trouble again--trouble that is a sort of muted version of what happened in the 1930s.
Economists think that we will have it worse than what happened in the 30's. 
mnli hypothesis: Economists think that we will have it worse than what happened in the 30's.  premise: Now, however, economists are in trouble again--trouble that is a sort of muted version of what happened in the 1930s.