Kasz216 on 09 May 2010
To expand on it though... in general economists see the New Deal as extending the Depression.
What got us out of the Depression? WW2? Why? NOT government spending.
What got us out was vastly increased demand.
France's invasion of Germany meant that the British and other Allies needed a LOT of war materials and supplies... and who was the only nation capable of providing it? Why the good old USA.
The US Economy starts to recover WELL BEFORE the US gets into WW2. The war created VAST foreign demand which we supplied.
The actual increased government spending when we entered the war ended up making things worse.
Read up about what happened after the war ended... when the soldiers came back.
