Episode · EconTalk · 2025-09-15

Books mentioned on How Did America Build the Arsenal of Democracy? (with Brian Potter)

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American manufacturing of aircraft during WWII dwarfed that of its enemies. By the end of the war, an American assembly line was producing a B-24 bomber in less than an hour.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Memoirs of the Second World War

   Winston Churchill · at 44:20

   Discussed

   “people who are watching this on YouTube can see on my top shelf my — the five volumes of Churchill's memoirs of — of World War II.”

   Russ Roberts How Did America Build the Arsenal of Democracy? (with Brian Potter) 2025-09-15 Listen at 44:20

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