[who_would_fardels_bear]

In the essay he mentions that it was not the war spending of WWII that got us out of the depression, but something else.

He neglects to mention what that is.

Do you have any ideas about this? I would be interested.

[ChessExpert]

“In the essay he mentions that it was not the war spending of WWII that got us out of the depression, but something else.
He neglects to mention what that is.

Do you have any ideas about this? I would be interested.”

I’ve wondered about that also. I think FDR stopped beating up on industry during the war years. New “initiatives” and other direct interventions in the economy probably slowed or stopped during the war. In effect, the war repealed or slowed the new deal. Then the war stopped, without resumption of the new deal. If the preceding is correct, ending the new deal had the effect of ending the depression.