Thus the only plausible case for a way out of the worldwide Great Depression in 1931 lay, as the great economic historian Charles Kindleberger emphasized, with some step from the US. At the time, there were all kinds of convincing reasons why Americans should not want to take on the burden of a worldwide rescue: sending more money to Europe might be seen as pouring money down a drain; had not the Europeans fought a World War that had been the fount and origin of the financial mess?  Economically such action would have made a great deal of sense from a long term perspective; but politically it was a non-starter with no short term payoff at all.
Por ello, la única forma posible de salir de la Gran Depresión mundial de 1931, como lo subrayó el gran historiador económico Charles Kindleberger, era mediante medidas adoptadas por los Estados Unidos. En ese momento, había numerosas razones convincentes para que los estadounidenses no quisieran la carga de un rescate mundial: enviar más dinero a Europa podía considerarse como tirarlo a la basura.