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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2008
	Episode:		Higgs on the Great Depression
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:07:09
	Publish Date:		2008-12-15 05:30:00
	Description:		Robert Higgs, of the Independent Institute, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the effect of World War II on the American economy. Using survey results, financial data, and the pattern of investment in the 1930s, Higgs argues that New Deal policies created a climate of uncertainty that prolonged the Great Depression. Using consumption data, he argues that prosperity did not return during wartime, but rather after the war when government intervention in the economy subsided.
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