In A Great Leap Forward, Alexander Field looks at the Great Depression as an important learning moment for the US. An economist at Santa Clara University and and executive director of the Economic History Association, Field points to the 1930s as an unparalleled period of technological advancement in the US. And it was technological advancement, he argues, that brought about a remarkable growth in output by the early 1940s. Field discusses the 1930s in this interview with The Economist:
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11-17-2011 4:30 PM
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Graham Griffith