FDR: “In every Nation economic problems, long in the making, have brought…”

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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

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Editor's note · Context

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

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