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How the U.S. Scuttled the 1933 World Economic Conference
In the spring of 1933, global trade was being undermined by nationalistic economic responses to the Great Depression, including currency devaluations, rising tariffs and declining prices.
After a year’s planning, 66 nations gathered in London in June for the World Economic Conference to try to foster greater international cooperation.
What FDR Hated About Glass-Steagall
President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the standard for the first 100 days in office with an unprecedented whirlwind of legislative activity that sought to make good on his pledge for “action and action now” to combat the Great Depression.
Economic History Roundup
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