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The episode traces the rise and collapse of the 1920s American economic boom, showing how Republican policies favoring business led to unsustainable growth and ultimately the Great Depression, which paved the way for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal and a redefined role for government
The episode traces the rise and collapse of the 1920s American economic boom, showing how Republican policies favoring business led to unsustainable growth and ultimately the Great Depression, which paved the way for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal and a redefined role for government
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Franklin Delano RooseveltAndrew MellonWarren G. Harding
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Radio Corporation of America
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American HistoryHistorical FiguresPolitical News
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