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FDR: In the field of international finance we have, so far as we are concerned, put an end to dollar diplomacy, to money…

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In the field of international finance we have, so far as we are concerned, put an end to dollar diplomacy, to money grabbing, to speculation for the benefit of the powerful and the rich, at the expense of the small and the poor.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt critiques past financial policies that favored the wealthy over the poor.

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