Repeating the New Deal's Old Mistakes
• https://fee.org, Lawrence W. ReedFDR's New Deal teaches lessons that we'd all do well to remember today. Here are three of the most important takeaways.
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FDR's New Deal teaches lessons that we'd all do well to remember today. Here are three of the most important takeaways.
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It's a ridiculous, no good, stupid, rotten meme.
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