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Re:The Refragmentation by ktothemc on Saturday January 02, 2016 @05:36PM (#10828327)
Central planning of the US economy & powerful big government (1930s & beyond) was a Progressive Era initiated reaction to the era of robber barons & crony capitalism (1870s-1910s).
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Re:The Refragmentation by williamcotton on Saturday January 02, 2016 @06:53PM (#10828658)
The U.S. had plenty of centralized planning in the form of protectionism well before the 20th century.
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Re:The Refragmentation by vezzy-fnord on Saturday January 02, 2016 @08:26PM (#10829021)
Correct. The United States was strongly mercantilist throughout the 19th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_%28economics%2...
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