Robert A. Caro Quote

Neither, it turned out, was politics. His views on government were strong, if a trifle simplistic. The cause of the Depression, he felt, was Al Capone. The trouble with the nation’s economy, he declared, was simply Prohibition, which makes it possible for large-scale dealers in illicit liquor to amass tremendous amounts of currency; the present economic crisis, he explained, was due to the withdrawal of billions of dollars from the channels of legitimate trade by these bootleggers.

Robert A. Caro

Neither, it turned out, was politics. His views on government were strong, if a trifle simplistic. The cause of the Depression, he felt, was Al Capone. The trouble with the nation’s economy, he declared, was simply Prohibition, which makes it possible for large-scale dealers in illicit liquor to amass tremendous amounts of currency; the present economic crisis, he explained, was due to the withdrawal of billions of dollars from the channels of legitimate trade by these bootleggers.

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