Hey At Least the Recession Comes With Cookies 5.41K Hamilton Nolan 03/06/09 12:48PM Filed to: Financial wizardry Financial wizardry Cnbc Nbc Erin Burnett Matt Lauer Media Wall Street Recessionomics Cookies CNBC hires only the finest financial minds, such as Erin Burnett. You say the Great Depression was bad? She says: "The invention of the chocolate chip cookie." Game. And. Match. [Click to watch]