Question #1: A recurring theme in United States economic history has been a struggle to have a strong banking system. Do the following: Outline the previous attempts to establish a national banking system What was it that made the banking system weak during the Great Depression In listening to FDR's Fireside chat about the closure of the banks do you think the speech was effective? Why? In what way was the financial system (stocks) part of the cause of the Great Depression. Question #2: In the New Deal, the concern was that capitalism would be replaced with government control of the economy. Outline with specific programs the extent to which capitalism was reduced/minimized by New Deal programs. Do you agree with the conclusion reached in the textbook that capitalism "survived" the New Deal? Question #3: We are currently in an uncertain period of time in terms of the future trajectory of the economy. What can history teach us about what we need to do to solve the problems of inflation and perhaps slower economic growth? We have experienced this kind of inflation before - most notably in the 1970s. What did we do to resolve inflation then? Could we do the same thing now?

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