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FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression (edit title/settings)

by Jim Powell (Author) (edit contributors)

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“Admirers of FDR credit his New Deal with restoring the American economy after the disastrous contraction of 1929—33. Truth to tell–as Powell demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt–the New Deal hampered recovery from the contraction, prolonged and added to unemployment, and set the stage for... read more

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THE GREAT DEPRESSION was a testing time for "progressive" ideas, because practically everything was tried.

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  1. Jim Powell (Author)

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