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What was the economic impact of WW1 on USA’s economy?

• posted by: user8077 on 2011-12-24
• tagged: macroeconomics
• score: 0

WW2 is well known for helping the US economy.

Did WWI have a similar impact?

[edit] This is not a homework problem.

Answer 850

• posted by: AI_Econ on 2012-01-16
• score: 1

This is quite a loaded question and as suggested by some of the comments attached to this; I would narrow down the focus of this question. However, this is an interesting paper on the NBER website by Hugh Rockoff entitled “UNTIL IT’S OVER, OVER THERE: THE U.S. ECONOMY IN WORLD WAR I.” The link to the paper is listed below. Hope this will be useful in asking your question(s).

http://www.nber.org/papers/w10580.pdf?new_window=1

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