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The Vietnam War's ramfiications are provided. The expert discusses the economic and social consequences of the war.

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Some of the economic consequences of the Vietnam War stem from then-President Johnson's attempt to fund both the war and his Great Society program. The staggering cost of the war left the United States with a large budget deficit and launched runaway inflation, which has been blamed for eroding the American standard of living through the 1990s.

Another economic consequence is nested in health care. Thousands of returning veterans required ...

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