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Herbert Hoover: “The sudden threat of unemployment and especially the recollection of the economic consequences of previous crashes under…”

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The sudden threat of unemployment and especially the recollection of the economic consequences of previous crashes under a much less secured financial system created unwarranted pessimism and fear.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover discusses the fear and pessimism that arose from the threat of unemployment and past economic crashes.

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