All Posts Tagged With: "wartime production"
World War II Ended the Great Depression?
In his 2008 book, The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008, Paul Krugman writes: “The Great Depression in the United States was brought to an end by a massive deficit-financed public works program, known as World War II.” He has since repeated this bon mot in a number of columns and television [...]
23Oct2009 | Richard W. Fulmer | 29 comments | Continued-
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