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[Kasz216]

Final-Fan said:

Kasz216 said:

ManusJustus said:

elprincipe said:
The New Deal was a dismal failure, in other words, as it completely failed to produce an economic recovery, thus proving for all time that government cannot produce economic prosperity.

Just look at Germany and the Soviet Union at the same time.  While the United States and Britian were bogged down by the Great Depression, Germany and Russia nationalized their economies and turned themselves from economic 'poor houses' to superpowers.

The fact that countries like Germany and Russia prospered during the Great Depression is ample evidence to prove your statement inaccurate.

Ever hear the term "The cure is worse then the disease."

Even so, it's a fair rebuttal to elprincipe's "the cure does not exist".  Although I have to say that elprincipe had already proved himself wrong by claiming that GOVERNMENT military demand in WWII pulled us out of the Depression.

Though can we claim for sure that it was the New Deal that actually caused it to happen or that it was a natural turn?

After all the general basis behind the great depression in the "New Deal" term of thoughts is that it was caused by the rich becoming richer, and the poor not having enough money to mass consume.   Yet now, the distribution of wealth is far higher then in those days.

Such things are hard to explain and figure out... espiecially when you only have one level of data points.

Though this is almost the right era to discuss things according to the "Seventh Generation" standard.

Though i imagine that may be why you have a more earnest argueing over whether the New Deal actually was helpfull or not or who it was helpful for.