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FDR: And in that process, which I believe is ready to start, let us avoid the pitfalls of the past--the overproduction, the…

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And in that process, which I believe is ready to start, let us avoid the pitfalls of the past--the overproduction, the overspeculation, and indeed all the extremes which we did not succeed in avoiding in 1929.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of learning from past economic mistakes to avoid future crises.

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