"Housing and Full Employment"
Magazine article
By: Leon Keyserling
Date: June 1946
Source: Keyserling, Leon. "Housing and Full Employment," American Federationist, June 1946, 10–12.
About the Author: Leon H. Keyserling (1908–1987) a native of Charleston, South Carolina, attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Although later famed as an economist, Keyserling never finished his Ph.D. in economics at Columbia. After serving in various capacities for the Roosevelt administration, Keyserling was appointed by President S. Truman as the first vice chairman of the newly established Council of Economic Advisors in 1946. Keyserling became its chairman in 1950. After his departure from Washington in 1953, Keyserling worked as a consultant.
Introduction
The end of World War II in 1945 unleashed a tremendous pent-up demand for housing. Young veterans were eager to marry and start...
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