With the recent
Hoover turned it into a Depression, but FDR made it Great.Anybody remember it? Shoot me a line or drop a comment.
Iz out!
2 months ago
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Another Quote of the Day
Actually, it's more of a request for information. A few months back, among the several posts in various places (including Volokh.com) I came across a great quote about Herbert Hoover's progressive policies that exacerbated the economic turndown of 1929, and the subsequent deepening of the depression by FDR's fiscal policies (and not just the New Deal).
With the recentstimulus thievery package, it has again popped into my head. So I'm trying unsuccessfully to find it again. The quote went something like this:
With the recent
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It seems to be rephrased from an Amazon.com review of Amity Shlaes' recent book The Forgotten Man: 'She skewers Hoover for turning a recession into a depression and FDR for having made it "Great."'
I don't think that was it exactly (I don't normally read Amazon reviews) but I may well have read a quote from it somewhere else. In any case, it was a good one. Thanks, WW!
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