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The project successfully modernized most of Tennessee, which was hard hit by the [[Great Depression]].  Today Tennessee conservatives support the TVA.  However the economic growth of Tennessee  since 1933 closely parallels neighboring Kentucky, even though Kentucky has far less TVA activity, and trails Georgia as well.<ref>See William U. Chandler, ''The Myth of the TVA: Conservation and Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1933-80'' (1984) for a conservative economic critique</ref>

The project successfully modernized most of Tennessee, which was hard hit by the [[Great Depression]].  Today Tennessee conservatives support the TVA.  However the economic growth of Tennessee  since 1933 closely parallels neighboring Kentucky, even though Kentucky has far less TVA activity, and trails Georgia as well.<ref>See William U. Chandler, ''The Myth of the TVA: Conservation and Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1933-80'' (1984) for a conservative economic critique</ref>

Liberals hailed the TVA in the 1940s and 1950s as a model for the world. It failed in its efforts to build nuclear power plants The romantic liberal image has fallen away, leaving the dams and electricity that is now more expensive than gas or coal.

Liberals hailed the TVA in the 1940s and 1950s as a model for the world. It failed in its efforts to build nuclear power plants The romantic liberal image has fallen away, leaving the dams and electricity that is now more expensive than gas or coal.