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How come we don't still have the WPA (Works Project Agency) which created beautiful landmarks, damns and so on. Why did Roosevelt implement it? And why has no pres ever revived it? (self.askhistorians)
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Or even talked about it. It employed like a quarter of the country. Why hasn't anyone sense Rosie ever tried to enact something like it instead of us getting upset at unemployment numbers?

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[โ€“] dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting take. Do you have resources to read on this take?

[โ€“] j4k3 2 points 1 day ago

The oral history interviews of key figures that surrounded William Shockley and "the traitorous eight" by The Computer History Museum. The interviews surrounding the Motorola team were also interesting. Bo Lojek of Motorola wrote "History of Semiconductor Engineering." (Springer)