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Today in Labor History April 14, 1935: The Black Sunday dust storm swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. This was one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl. 4 years later, on this same date, John Steinbeck published his classic working-class novel, The Grapes of Wrath, about Dust Bowl refugees in California.
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*IMPORTANT #GreatDepression2.0*
If you haven't studied economics or haven't lived through the 1930's, I strongly recommend listening to today's #TheIntelligence #Podcast of #TheEconomist about the disastrous #SmootHawleyTariffAct of 1930.
It has been done before and the results boosted the #GreatDepression, which was milder in very few nations, such as Japan.
To keep the picture: the #TrumpTariffs are #MacroeconomicSepuku:
