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The Day the Money Stopped
Alistair Cooke recalls his personal experience of the day in 1933 when every bank in America shut and the lessons it taught him about how economies work.
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Fri 8 Mar 2002
21:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 8 Mar 2002 21:00BBC Radio 4
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