Mayoral Nostalgia for the New Deal »
By William Shughart | Tuesday March 9, 2010 at 5:13 AM PDT | 3 Comments
In an article published in the Wall Street Journal on March 8, 2010, Louise Radnofsky reports that the U.S. Conference of Mayors claims it “can put thousands to work on infrastructure projects, as was done in the 1930s.” The mayors expressed a collective willingness to hire people on jobs that benefit their communities—provided, of...
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