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FDR: “I do not want the people to believe that because of unjustified optimism we can resume the ruinous practice of…”

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I do not want the people to believe that because of unjustified optimism we can resume the ruinous practice of increasing our crop output and our factory output in the hope that a kind Providence will find buyers at high prices.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt cautions against returning to overproduction driven by false optimism.

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