The left-wing agenda wants us to think that the reason there was a depression was because the government didn't do anything. That's not true.
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What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.
To my mind, the main reason for the Depression in the United States as a whole, is the bondage of debt and the spirit of speculation among the people.
The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.
Understanding the true causes of the Depression, as well as the real economic record of the United States in the 1930s, is an essential ingredient in anyone's economic and historical education.
As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living.
I've always been interested in the Depression as this very dramatic pivotal period in American history.
Depression is a horrible, potentially life-threatening illness - but the lives it threatens are almost always those of the people who suffer from it.
The Depression was an incredibly dramatic episode - an era of stock-market crashes, breadlines, bank runs and wild currency speculation, with the storm clouds of war gathering ominously in the background... For my money, few periods are so replete with human interest.
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