The Great American Purge (REPEAT)
May 27, 2021
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May 27, 2021
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The Great American Purge (REPEAT)
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<p>The program begins by explaining the economics behind the great US anti-leftist purge (McCarthyism) after 1945. It then shows the economic impacts of that purge over the last half century. Finally, it explains how that history produced a very different political response to the crash of 2008 compared to FDRs response to 1929. </p> <div class="yj6qo"> </div> <div class="adL"> </div> <div class="adL"> </div>
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