Instruction
Economics U$A Program #20 has as its purpose: "To help viewers understand the key role of banks in the U.S. economy and how government agencies act to try to prevent individual bank failures from becoming banking crises." What specific aspects of the video program best help you understand that purpose? Explain how and why those aspects of the program help your understanding of the purpose.
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"During the Great Depression of the 1930s, both Republican President Herbert Hoover and his successor, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, tried to keep up the prices of goods and labor. What was the rationale for these policies and what are economic and social problems with such policies?