The Great Depression
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The Failure of the Great Powers to Block Aggression
The Great Depression remains a defining event in the world's collective history. It is the yardstick by which all subsequent economic disasters have been measured. For the rest of the 20th century and into the 21st, governments have aimed to shield their economies from a similar shock. But if the Great Depression teaches us anything, it is surely, for better or worse, that money really does make the world go round.
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