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Episode 185: The Depressing Results of Great Depression Policies

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The Pros and Cons of Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was not a stand at the sideline and do nothing kind of guy. The common assertion that he just fiddled while the country burned down is not correct, says Annie Drexler. "He was an interventionist of the highest sort," she adds. But where does it come from? Do we really have to go back to FDR's era for answers?

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