The period immediately following the repealing of the NIRA was filled with corruption; antitrust enforcement had become very lenient and businesses had become accustomed to price fixing. In one case, the Interior Department had reported that steel corporations had set the price for steel at fifty percent higher than that of other countries (Cole 785). Although while it was in practice, the National Industrial Recovery Act seemed to be benefitting the country, after it was ruled unconstitutional, corruption became rampant in the United
The period immediately following the repealing of the NIRA was filled with corruption; antitrust enforcement had become very lenient and businesses had become accustomed to price fixing. In one case, the Interior Department had reported that steel corporations had set the price for steel at fifty percent higher than that of other countries (Cole 785). Although while it was in practice, the National Industrial Recovery Act seemed to be benefitting the country, after it was ruled unconstitutional, corruption became rampant in the United