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Please read the following selections and then answer the question in the space provided.

Edward Earle Purinton, “Big Ideas from Big Business” (1921)

Warren G. Harding, Campaign Speech at Boston (1920)

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What was a return to "normalcy," and was it really a return or a new direction? How important had big business been to American development before this time? What do the authors argue should be the appropriate relationship between business and government? Does the labor force fit anywhere in these authors' schemes? Why or why not?

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