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'''''A Program for Monetary Reform''''' is a July 1939 first draft proposal to repair and rebuild the American economic system following the [[Great Depression]] which began with the sudden, devastating collapse of US [[stock market]] prices on October 29, 1929, known as [[Black Tuesday]] and after apparent recovery in the mid-1930s was followed by the [[Recession of 1937-1938]]. The program was sent to the most complete list of academic economists available at the time. General approval of the program was expressed by 235 economists from 157 universities and colleges; another 40 economists approved of it with some reservations; only 43 economists expressed disapproval.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}

==Background==