Not sure what your point is. The Great Depression didn't end for the U.S. until World War II had begun and the U.S. had embarked on a massive public spending program - buying weapons.
GDP rose during the war, but it felt like a depression. What good is an increase in GDP if basic foodstuffs need to be rationed and people are getting killed? The recovery actually came in the post-war boom when government spending was slashed and 5 million people left military operations and joined the civilian workforce.
No, you want lots of people to enter the workforce and be productive.
The growth happened after the government spending (ie, military) was wound down. It was the retiring servicemen and women wanting to get on with the rest of their lives that caused the productivity boom.
Really? You think that the government spending lots of money on the war is not what got us out of the Depression? Of course the boom happened after the war was over. During the war... there was a war on. All that effort was getting dropped on Europe instead of raising the standard of living in the US. People may not have had a lot material luxuries during the war, but they sure weren't unemployed.
The point is that it wasn't just us borrowing more money. We did that for 12 years with no real success. The war brought huge amounts of demand for our goods from all over the world.
No, the war brought huge amount of demand for goods from the U.S. Government, which wanted tanks and fighters and artillery shells. This demand created full employment and economic rebound - during the war. Even - gasp! - women were sucked into the labor force.
After the war, the U.S. was in a great position to supply the world, having an economy running at full steam and no war damage to repair. But the Great Depression ended as war began, due to demand for military equipment.
