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2024-06-20 20:33:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0880A81B2A5E07AA1DB9D7CCE63DF93E52F995FE793DE5631937EE813E2EB1F9
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 was adopted as an intended stimulus measure to "protect" American industry from the stock market crash. Instead of stimulating the economy, the measure backfired and caused a global collapse in trade, thereby worsening the Great Depression. https://www.cato.org/publications/problem-tariff-american-economic-history-1787-1934#protectionism-income-tax-era
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