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What is the consumer economy?

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The 1920s American economy doubled in size, with real GDP rising around 42 per cent from 1921 to 1929. Real wages rose around 20 per cent between 1923 and 1929. Consumer credit ("buy now, pay later") expanded around eight-fold.

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