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As an agenda for research, Gordon and Wilcox’s is a good one. Many of the topics they cover fall into areas in which I believe further work on the depression is particularly needed. Reading through the initial draft and listening to their conference presentation, I found myself in substantial agreement with many of their observations. There is, however, something disturbing about the paper—both in substance and in tone.
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Lothian, J.R. (1981). Comments on “Monetarist Interpretations of the Great Depression”. In: Brunner, K. (eds) The Great Depression Revisited. Rochester Studies in Economics and Policy Issues, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8135-5_6
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