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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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Characters/People edit
- Henry Morgenthau: Add a description of this character.
- Herbert Hoover
- Roosevelt
- Mcreynolds
- Wagner
- Woodrow Wilson
- Johnson
- Norris
- Arnold
- Rexford Tugwell
- Harold Ickes
- Wallace
- Hughes
- Van Devanter
- Benston
- Cohen
- Sutherland
- Stigler
- Milton Friedman
- Warren
- James Farley
- Reuther
- Butler
- Roberts
- Kenneth S. Davis
- Raymond Moley
- Kennedy
- John Maynard Keynes
- Pecora
- Wiggin
- Lester V. Chandler
- Schechter
- Chase
- William Howard Taft
- Walter Lippmann
- Harry Hopkins
- Douglas
- John T. Flynn
- Felix Frankfurter
- John L. Lewis
- Cardozo
- Bernard Baruch
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- New Deal
- New York City
- Washington
- America
- Tennessee Valley
- Wall Street
- Chicago
- Georgia
- Britain
- Kentucky
- West Virginia
- Europe
- Alabama
- Ohio
- North Carolina
- White House
- Indiana
- Texas
- Canada
- Michigan
- Iowa
- Pennsylvania
- Born
- California
- New England
- Wyoming
- New Jersey
- Manhattan
- Bristol
- Germany
- Italy
- Oklahoma
- Wisconsin
First Sentence edit
THE GREAT DEPRESSION was a testing time for "progressive" ideas, because practically everything was tried.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jim Powell (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › Depression
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Leaders & Leadership
- Books › History › World
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