Dear Sections,
Please prepare the following readings for Monday:
1. Eichengreen, ch. 3
2. The Legacy of the First World War (reader)
3. Hoover, Roosevelt and American Economic Policy in the 1930s (reader)
Have a great weekend,
Aris
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