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Calvin Coolidge: It is well known that in the long run there will be a more even prosperity and a more satisfactory range of prices under…

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It is well known that in the long run there will be a more even prosperity and a more satisfactory range of prices under the natural working out of economic laws than when the Government undertakes the artificial support of markets and industries.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge argues that natural economic laws lead to better long-term prosperity than government intervention.

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