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Milton Friedman: the Great Depression was caused by the Fed. Not tariffs.

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Krypto_Kenny シ1 year ago

Yep and he was right about government spending too!

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The Washington Post1 year ago

Here’s what could get more expensive with Trump’s new tariffs.

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Paledry1 year ago

And so did Alan Greenspan, who if I'm not mistaken did his doctoral thesis on this very subject. Per Grok: Alan Greenspan attributed the Great Depression largely to the Federal Reserve's failure to prevent a collapse in the money supply, a view influenced by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz. He highlighted the Fed’s tight monetary policy and adherence to the gold standard as key missteps that deepened the economic crisis following the 1929 stock market crash.

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Trump Gunner1 year ago

Exactly! Friedman exposed how the Fed's incompetence deepened the Great Depression. Tariffs weren't the culprit, central planners were. It’s time we stop letting unelected bureaucrats strangle our economy. End the Fed, empower the people, and let true capitalism lead the way forward!

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Official Leftist Translator. - AKA Tony1 year ago

Milton is 100% correct here. He has been correct about so many different things. It is amazing to me that people will take his comments on other things as nearly gospel but discount what he is saying here.

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Blue Collar Dad. ✝️1 year ago

I would also like to point out, since @DOGE started exposing and slashing waste elected officials have been selling off all their insider stocks. Ngo's that have been used as money laundering for nepotism NGO's and bs contracts. They are selling before they are exposed further

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Artiste DuBois1 year ago

In addition to no tariff world trade, Trump is trying to force the federal reserve to lower interest rates

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cXm1 year ago

Get rid of the federal reserve they broke the contract numerous times. They’re not federal and they’re not a reserve

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Populo Iratus1 year ago

There wasn't enough money. Factory owners couldn't get money to pay workers. They wanted to, but they couldn't.

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JackFlak1 year ago

The Depression Era Trade War was not good for the US because we were the Net Exporter to the World. We were the China of 1930's. Net Exporter - tariffs bad Net Importer - tariffs good But Free Trade robots don't understand nuance.

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John (Anarcho Cat)1 year ago

End the Fed

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Michael Duncan1 year ago

Purposefully done too.

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HGP3031 year ago

Don't muddy the waters with facts, you will cause heads to explode.

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David Sikorsky1 year ago

Neither the LEFT, nor the MSM has told the truth for as long as I can remember.

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Kathryn Herrick1 year ago

True. "The History of Tariffs". And Canada was first to refuse the reciprocal trade with the US and impose tariffs on the US. 100 years of imbalance.

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Vicki Bromboz1 year ago

The depression came before tariffs

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Crowenation45471 year ago

The Great Depression had a larger depression before it while Coolidge was president. Unlike the 1930 depression, Coolidge let the free market right it instead of over legislating like FDR did. The latter actually prolonged the Depression by a decade. The former’s depression lasted a year.

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Retro Apple1 year ago

Leftists are retarded. The Smoot Hawley Tariff Act was passed AFTER the Great Depression had begun.

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Stacey Patriot1 year ago

Yes!!!!!!

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Peter Barresi1 year ago

Great book by @AmityShlaes called Forgotten Man that explains in superb detail of how FDR’s social policies/programs unnecessarily extended the Great Depression

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Chansoo Byeon1 year ago

Let's end the fed @doge @potus

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Clarene.Haas1 year ago

Tariffs protect the industry and jobs in ones back yard. Why do other countries deploy tariffs. For their benefit! When it boils down all economies are local. We have all that we need in our back yard to build our future. The domestic supply chain and jobs are incoming.

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Anna1 year ago

Many economists know that tariffs will affect us significantly. But you said it was caused by the Federal Reserve, which is nonsense. This is a tariff trade war

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Jeff Creedon1 year ago

Thomas Sowell disagrees with his old teacher then.

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Kay 🇺🇦🇺🇸💙💙F*CK PUTIN1 year ago

And this one was caused by Trump 💯 🤷‍♂️

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TaoEconomics1 year ago

It started with Europe defaulting om their debts.

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Strodav1 year ago

!!!! Schumer lying from the Senate floor again,

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Tim Johnson1 year ago

💯Some people only see what they want.

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Chris Cross1 year ago

It’s pure revisionism at this point. The Reaganites just keeping beating the same tired drum.

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Clarene.Haas1 year ago

Why does Trump keep mentioning 1913. In particular December 23, 1913. The Creature From Jekyll Island was birthed.

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