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Anyone alive during the onset of the Great Depression and its aftermath was forever changed by its collective pain. This was a defining era for more than a generation. The lessons learned are all but forgotten now. The parallels between now and then has renewed interest in the Great Depression era.
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© 2009 Colin Read
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Read, C. (2009). The Depression-Gripped Economy. In: The Fear Factor. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250864_20
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