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TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] jonjuan@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I think you can make a very good argument that the Smoot Hawley tarrifs were the main cause of Great Depression

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] jonjuan@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is good economic theory that Smoot Hawley actually was responsible for the initial bank failures that led to the Great Depression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOvWS_xzRbc

Can skip to about 15 minutes into if ya want.

I cant wait to remove all the american products from my life! in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca

[–] jonjuan@programming.dev 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've had my Google Voice number since 2005 when it was originally called GrandCentral.

I don't think there is any place I could port my number that would let me keep service for free.

And I have never found a reasonably price alternative that doesn't seem sketchy or gimmicky or built just for business, that also seems like it will be around in another 10 years.

Any ideas?