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EPISODE · Apr 2, 2025 · 48 MIN

How beer kick-started economic recovery during The Great Depression

from The Search Bar · host Central Michigan University

National Beer Day isn’t just a made-up holiday by the beer industry. There’s real, historical significance with the legalization of beer having economic ripple effects across the country during The Great Depression.  Guest: Jason Taylor, professor of economics at Central Michigan University and author of The Brew Deal: How Beer Helped Battle the Great Depression  Summary In this episode of The Search Bar, host Adam Sparkes welcomes Jason Taylor back to the show how beer helped save a struggling U.S. economy during The Great Depression, and how New Beer’s Eve and National Beer Day came to be. 

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