How were American and German responses to the Great Depression similar?
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How were German responses to the Great Depression similar?
The Weimar government could muster no effective answer to the Great Depression. The usual response to any recession is a sharp increase in government spending to stimulate the economy – but Heinrich Bruning, who became chancellor in March 1930, seemed to fear inflation and a budget deficit more than unemployment.
How were American responses to the Great Depression similar?
The Depression was actually ended, and prosperity restored, by the sharp reductions in spending, taxes and regulation at the end of World War II, exactly contrary to the analysis of Keynesian so-called economists. True, unemployment did decline at the start of World War II.
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