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As Bad as the Depression? If Only

At least new industries arose in the 1930s: Leonhardt

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2011 1:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – There's never a Great Depression around when you need one, apparently. Despite its misery, "the United States economy was quietly making enormous strides during the 1930s," argues David Leonhardt in the New York Times. Americans were getting a better education—high school,...   Read full story »

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