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Lessons from the Long Depression

"war, after all, is a highly effective (though destructive) demand stimulus." Sinking new warships, new warplanes, new tanks in the ocean without ever having used them would still be a great demand stimulus. So why not sink the money in infrastructure etc. ?
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Apr 17, 2019Lessons from the Long Depression by jajag10656

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