Facts on Boom and Bust.

Highlights several economic issues related to the United States as discussed by Chester Bowles in his book "Tomorrow Without Fear." Situation of housing and unemployment in the nation before the Second World War; Factors responsible for an increase in the income and standard of living of American citizens after the First World War; View that an increase in the industrial output but a decrease in the hourly earnings of workers led to a crash in the nation's economy; Economic loss that the country had to suffer due to the Great Depression; Support provided by persistent demand and the availability of money in resurrecting the nation's economy; Factors on which individual consumer and government spending depend.