Explain the effects of the war in Vietnam on President Johnson's Great Society initiatives and the U.S. economy in general.

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The war highly affected the economy and form a economic depression caused due to inflation which led to poverty in long run. Johnson was compelled to borrow money from other countries. In this way U.S economy got affected.

Explanation:

Great society program of president Johnson was a very good initiative. He took this initiative to remove inequality, poverty and to establish a nice environment. But this program and U.S economy got severely affected by the war which led to inflation, economic downfall and poverty.

Johnson started borrowing money from other countries to continue his Great Society initiatives and to help other countries who are in war and suffering from poverty also. In this way war affected the economy of Vietnam.

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