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IV. The Production Front: Business<br />
• FDR see mass production as key US<br />
advantage<br />
• War Production Board (1942) oversee<br />
conversion to wartime economy<br />
• WPB guarantee profits in “cost + fixedfee”<br />
contracts as well as generous tax<br />
deductions<br />
• Corporate profits double, 1939-1943<br />
• Big business grow bigger as ⅔ of all<br />
WPB contracts go to 100 largest<br />
businesses<br />
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