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• Today’s edition of the FM newspaper – excerpts from old-fashioned journalism

  
  Fabius Maximus — Authority: 565
  Today’s broadsheet from the FM website pressroom.  There are four sections, all with hot news.Links to interesting news and analysisToday’s special itemNews about themes from posts past on the FM websiteLifted from the comments of the FM website(I)  Links to interesting news and analysis“Barack Hoover Obama: ...
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• History Lesson From the Twenties (how government policies caused the Great Depression)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  ... The Great Depression was caused by misguided government policies adopted to avoid the "unsatisfactory conditions" signaled by the crash. The run-of-the-mill recession that ought to have followed the crash was magnified by the policies of the federal government during the administration of Herbert Hoover. In a ...
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• "The Biggest Loser"

  
  City Lakes Real Estate Blog — Authority: 136
  Re-Assessing Todays LeadersAs historians know full well, Presidential reputations sometimes take decades to settle out, experiencing ups and downs in the meantime.For example, Harry Truman left office in 1953 quite unpopular.Over time, though, his stock gradually rose as society came to appreciate -- after the fact -- ...
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• Dogs of the Great Depression

  
  Dog Art Today — Authority: 421
  Herbert Hoover and King Tut by Theodore Horydczak , 1928. 80 years ago today the Stock Market crashed on what came to be known as Black Tuesday, the start of the Great Depression.  As we struggle to find our footing in what is now considered the Great Recession, take a moment to look back and listen to ...
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• New Agenda for America: How to Start Anew

  
  New Deal 2.0 — Authority: 136
  To mark the 80th Anniversary of the Great Crash of ‘29, we asked 15 progressive thinkers to write about lessons learned and what lies ahead. Together, their reflections constitute a New Agenda for America — a message of how the ideals of a fair society should apply to the economic and social policies of our ...
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• The dogs of President Herbert Hoover

  
  The Poodle (and Dog) Blog — Authority: 422
  King Tut was much more than just a pet to President Hoover. Many believed that he helped him get elected. The German Shepherd went with Hoover on the campaign trail, winning votes across the country. Besides being cute, King Tut made the candidate appear friendly and down to earth. King Tut was a favorite with ...
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• Harding the Last American President to Deal Honestly With a Major Financial Crisis

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 551
  "He who goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing." The quote comes from Ben Franklin. But it was recalled to us neither by Americas president, nor Britains Prime Minister. Instead, the Telegraph in London reported it from the mouth of Cheng Siwei, a "top member of the Communist hierarchy." What goes around comes around. ...
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• Herbert Hoover – select quotes

  
  Kevin Stilley Dot Com — Authority: 144
  We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity. ~ Herbert Clark Hoover __________ RELATED CONTENT Index To Great Quotes __________
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• Efeméride: 80 anos da Grande Depressão

  
  Janela na web — Authority: 98
  Há 80 anos o mundo viveu o início da maior Depressão mundial do capitalismo moderno em tempo de paz, excluindo, por isso, a Grande Depressão de 1945 e 1946. Wall Street era sacudida durante onze dias por uma derrocada financeira que se iniciaria num sábado, a 19 de Outubro, e se arrastaria por mais 149 dias de ...
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• "The fruits of accomplishment"*

  
  joy magnetism — Authority: 127
  Magnet #606 - Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Poor Herbert Hoover . He was president during the 1929 stock market crash and the start of the Great Depression . Whether youre Hoover or Roosevelt, or youre Bush or Obama, sometimes I feel world leaders often take the rap for more than they should - good and bad. After ...
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• Don’t Be Surprised!

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Life wasn’t easy for cave men. They had to hunt all day, kill their dinner with a club, and drag the carcass to the cave. Then they had to butcher the animal and rub sticks together for a fire to cook it. They made clothes from the leftovers. And I think [...]
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• The Empire State Building

  
  Travel, Work, Life...! — Authority: 123
  In March of 1930 construction of the Empire State Building was started on the site of the old Waldorf – Astoria Hotel at 350 Fifth Avenue at 34 th Street. Construction of the Empire State Building taken 14 months and was completed in May 1931. The architectural firm of Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates designed ...
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• What Do You Know About Herbert Hoover, Chris Matthews?

  
  Conservative Compendium — Authority: 431
  I recently fired off this email to the insufferable Chris Matthews. Mr. Matthews, In talking about how government should respond to economic turmoil in your recent broadcast , you asked Phillip Dennis, “What did Hoover do?” You then claimed that he did “nothing.” This is simply false. Herbert Hoover was ...
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• Hoovervilles in the Great Depression

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 441
  Hoovervilles in the Great Depression A Hooverville was the popular name for a shanty town , examples of which were found in many United States communities during the Great Depression of the 1930s . The name Hooverville has also been used to describe the Tent Cities commonly found ...
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• Robert Higgs on Barack Obama as Herbert Hoover’s True Heir

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 617
  Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs is interviewed on Fox News’ “Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano” on how Barack Obama is Herbert Hoover’s true “Progressive” heir as an economic interventionist, corporatist and protectionist. Hoover’s policies caused the Great Depression and ...
  5 weeks ago

• Recreating the Great Depression in Our Time

  
  Behind Blue Lines — Authority: 91
  I’ve expressed misgivings numerous times about the Hooverite actions undertaken by our betters in Washington. My position has been that the government should do nothing other than provide adequate – but not excessive – liquidity. That way, we’d have a short, sharp contraction and a quick recovery as market ...
  8 weeks ago

• Smoot-Hawley-Obama

  
  Behind Blue Lines — Authority: 91
  As I write this, the administration’s approved a tariff on imported Chinese tires – a gift to the steelworkers union – over the pleas of national trade associations afraid of protectionism in a severe recession. Naturally, the Chinese are unhappy and it remains to be seen whether they’ll retaliate. When we ...
  8 weeks ago

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