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Society-wide, though, the Great Depression led to the New Deal, which radically reduced inequality, created our first social safety net, and set the stage for d
by finnh 7y ago
Society-wide, though, the Great Depression led to the New Deal, which radically reduced inequality, created our first social safety net, and set the stage for decades of public policy whose net effect was to reduce inequality. Hopefully we will see another silver lining with such lasting impact on society.
[edit: typo s/last/lasting/]
- Loughla 7y agoI don't know enough about it to infer anything. Is there anyone reading this thread that can speak to political leadership and social will today compared to immediately before the New Deal? My take is that we're at a place in politics where any positive change is very unlikely. Maybe I'm wrong.