# The "Eisenhauer" Recession of 1958

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eisenhauer-recession-of-1958/351626 "2006-04-06T21:00:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eisenhauer-recession-of-1958/351626/1 "2006-04-06T21:00:27Z")

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I have very dim memories of president ike. i recall that there was a short but severe economic recession in 1958. the Federal Government ran a series of dopey TV ads, trying to get people to spend their way out of recession-the thing went like this:  
“How to Start A Recession”-about an old man with a hotdog stand. his college age son tells him that there is a recession on-so he shuts his stand down 9anticipating fewer sales). the shorter hours lower his sales, so he cuts back even more-finally he goes out of business entirely. Does anybody know if this clip still exists? And, did it help ike in 1958? 😕

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eisenhauer-recession-of-1958/351626/2 "2006-04-06T21:24:00Z")

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Do you mean “Eisenhower”?