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FDR: “In every Nation economic problems, long in the making, have brought crises of many kinds for which the masters of old…”

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In every Nation economic problems, long in the making, have brought crises of many kinds for which the masters of old practice and theory were unprepared.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt points out that economic crises are widespread and that traditional solutions are inadequate.

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