World War II Did Not End the Great Depression

Tags: Booms and Busts, U.S. Economy, U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

03/29/2011 Art Carden

The illusion of wartime prosperity is rooted in how national income was calculated and in how the statistics were compiled, writes Art Carden.

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