Hoover and Roosevelt disagreed fundamentally on how to tackle the Great Depression. Hoover was very much wedded to the prevailing economic orthodoxy, which held that periodic slumps were inevitable and that there was very little that the government could do in terms of direct involvement in the economy. Hoover and Roosevelt disagreed fundamentally on how to tackle the Great Depression. Hoover was very much wedded to the prevailing economic orthodoxy, which held that periodic slumps were inevitable and that there was very little that the government could do in terms of direct involvement in the economy. Your welcome :)
True, post WW2 Japans economy boomed and especially in that time they became a world economic power and today they are still one of the strongest economies in Asia.