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Shlaes, Amity

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Wall Street, the Great Depression, Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Unintended Consequences of Presidential Action

By Amity Shlaes

Oct 2, 2008

Hoover and FDR acted, writes Amity Shlaes, but not always for the better.

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