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Browder, Earl (1891-1973) The Coming of the Economic Crisis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.017 Author/Creator: Browder, Earl (1891-1973) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 14 February 1949 Pagination: 47 p. ; 17 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled "The Coming of the Economic Crisis," written by Earl Browder dated February 14, 1949. This document is a printed copy of a lecture delivered at the Woodstock Hotel in New York City. Discusses the market crisis in the American economy from 1946 to 1948 and how Marxism should not ignore a boom-phase in economics.

Earl Browder wrote under the pseudonym of Americus. He was the leader of the Communist Party USA, and was a secret agent on behalf of the Soviet Union.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Browder, Earl, 1891-1973

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