Fact-check: “FDR did more to prolong The Great Depression than he did to shorten it.”
Verdict: Misleading (55% confidence)
The documented record shows FDR's policies had both prolonging and shortening effects at different phases, making a net claim that he 'did more to prolong' the Depression an overstatement that creates a false impression. The strongest academic case for prolongation — Cole and Ohanian's work — is a legitimate and peer-reviewed finding that estimates 7 years of added depression length from labor and price cartelization policies. But that same period (1933–1937) also saw real GDP grow around 9% an…
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