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Herbert Hoover: “Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body--the producers and consumers themselves.”

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Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body--the producers and consumers themselves.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Hoover emphasizes that economic recovery relies on the actions of producers and consumers, not just government intervention.

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