Mises Daily
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Douglas French
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Film critic, historian, and Capra biographer Joseph McBride wrote that Riskin’s mission with American Madness was to “propagandize for the liberal lending policies” American Madness was a horror film for some audiences. In 1931 nearly 2,300 banks failed and the year the film opened saw over 1,400 closures, despite a slew of new