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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inflation because commodity prices would be turned upward by natural and governmental stimuli; or inflation because the Government is committed to spending billions, must float bond issues to reopen banks, save mortgagors, provide relief and a dozen other costly enterprises. Or inflation because the Government might reduce the gold content of the dollar. Or simply inflation in expectation of inflation. Inflation or inflation or inflation. What other alternative...
...reduce the gold content of the dollar by about 40% in order to raise commodity prices to the level...
Henry Wallace is a good Episcopalian. Through the Farmer ("Good Farming'-Clear Thinking-Right Living") runs a pious note in reverence of the God who makes things grow. He is an ardent believer in currency inflation by cutting the gold content of the dollar. He spends his happiest hours singing old-fashioned songs to his wife's piano accompaniment...
...ever had. He got to Congress as Representative and Senator, but he liked fighting best. When the War of 1812 came he jumped at the chance to take another crack at the English. But the Government passed him over for other commanders; for a while he had to be content with mopping up the Creeks. At New Orleans his chance came. In two fierce battles he repulsed Pakenham's superior force, saved New Orleans, and became overnight the national hero. When the Government wanted a man to invade Florida (a Spanish possession) without actually declaring war, Jackson was their...
Vitangelo Moscarda, young married man of the town of Richieri, could afford to entertain ideas: his banker-father had left him controlling interest in the bank, with no responsibility beyond signing an occasional paper. His young wife and he loved each other, lived comfortably; but was he content? He was not. His wife called him Gengé and thought him a dear silly fellow. Townsfolk called him "the usurer." When he tried to catch a glimpse of himself as he really was, he found- nothing. The more he brooded over his undiscoverable identity the more despairing he became. Finally...