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6/21/2020
After Those Cruel Wars Were Over: Lessons from Two Economic Recoveries
by Hugh Rockoff and Mark Wilson
An economist and economic historian argue that a well-planned response to the economic disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in economic recoveries like those that followed the two World Wars.
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SOURCE: Marketplace
5/13/2020
What Postwar America Can Tell Us About Today’s Record Unemployment
Economic historians Caroline Fohlin and Gary Richardson discuss the nature of government support for employment to preserve World War II's economic gains.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/27/2020
Democrats Have the Right Idea of what COVID-19 Relief Should Look Like
by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
The failure to create a better social safety net has left us unprepared to deal with covid-19.
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SOURCE: History Channel
June 24, 2019
How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans
by Erin Blakemore
The sweeping bill promised prosperity to veterans. So why didn’t black Americans benefit?
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