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Hopefully lessons about the first Great Depression, such as how the policies of the New Deal actually lengthened the depression, will be learned this time. htt
by gibsonf1 18y ago
Hopefully lessons about the first Great Depression, such as how the policies of the New Deal actually lengthened the depression, will be learned this time.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html
- netcan 18y agoI've heard this so many times recently. The exact same argument used for exactly conflicting points of view. And every time it's brought up it is presented as an uncontroversial example of how X (or Y the exact opposite of X) works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_deal#Conflicting_interpretation_of_the_New_Deal_economic_policies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_deal#Conflicting_interpreta... The New Deal is a Hung Jury.