Amity Shlaes on the Great Depression

Jun 4, 2007 · 01:06:30

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Amity Shlaes revisits the Great Depression and its economic policies.
She discusses Herbert Hoover, FDR, and the New Deal's impact.
Shlaes examines the class warfare and forgotten narratives of the era.

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