Word: greatness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Until European production speeds up enough to take away the great demand for our products, and until our own production is increased sufficiently to meet a part, at least, of the enormous demand, the high prices will prevail. Even then, however, they will decline very gradually and there is no prospect of an early lowering in prices. When Europe can take care of her own demand, she will then be able to underbid us in our markets and furnish goods at a lower price, for in Europe there are no such exorbitantly high wages paid as there are here...
...speaking of the return of European production to normal conditions, the economist said, "The effects of the great war will be noticeable in Europe for as much as a hundred years, and until their great national debts are paid off, their industries will probably not come fully back to normal; and this may mean fifty years. I don't mean to say, however, that their industries will be severely crippled for fifty years. They will be bearing a burden which gradually they will throw...