craig shirley the author of "april 1945: the hinge of history". another caller. caller: diddy up the tariff? did he up the tariff? in other words, the port got us out of the depression. but didn't roosevelt had to burn a road going to china. did we supply the army with the flying tigers fighting the japanese prior to pearl harbor. he get us into the war? guest: i don't know where to start. roosevelt inherited the great depression. it started under herbert hoover. that's the first issue. it is true he did not get us out of the great depression. to grow in economics it is not about production it is about consumption. the british were actually consuming american products and that is what really got us out of the great depression. world war ii did not get us out. we were already out of it. long before the war started. the key to economic growth is consumption. you can make 100,000 ford automobiles but if nobody buys them what good are they? that really stimulated our growth. as far as roosevelt and road, i don't know how to answer that. the road was used to supply au

craig shirley the author of "april 1945: the hinge of history". another caller. caller: diddy up the tariff? did he up the tariff? in other words, the port got us out of the depression. but didn't roosevelt had to burn a road going to china. did we supply the army with the flying tigers fighting the japanese prior to pearl harbor. he get us into the war? guest: i don't know where to start. roosevelt inherited the great depression. it started under herbert hoover. that's the first issue. it is true he did not get us out of the great depression. to grow in economics it is not about production it is about consumption. the british were actually consuming american products and that is what really got us out of the great depression. world war ii did not get us out. we were already out of it. long before the war started. the key to economic growth is consumption. you can make 100,000 ford automobiles but if nobody buys them what good are they? that really stimulated our growth. as far as roosevelt and road, i don't know how to answer that. the road was used to supply au

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craig shirley the author of "april 1945: the hinge of history". another caller.aller: diddy up the tariff? did he up the tariff? in other words, the port got us out of the depression. but didn't roosevelt had to burn a road going to china. did we supply the army with the flying tigers fighting the japanese prior to pearl harbor. he get us into the war? guest: i don't know where to start. roosevelt inherited the great depression. it started under herbert hoover. that's the first issue. it is true he did not get us out of the great depression. to grow in economics it is not about production it is about consumption. the british were actually consuming american products and that is what really got us out of the great depression. world war ii did not get us out. we were already out of it. long before the war started. the key to economic growth is consumption. you can make 100,000 ford automobiles but if nobody buys them what good are they? that really stimulated our growth. as far as roosevelt and road, i don't know how to answer that. the road was used to supply aust

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