New Deal or raw deal? : how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America /
Folsom, Burton W., Jr., 1947-
New Deal or raw deal? : how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America / Burton W. Folsom, Jr. ; [Introduction by Stephen Moore]. - 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. - New York : Threshold Editions, 2008. - xvi, 318 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-312) and index.
The making of the myth: FDR and the New Deal
FDR's rise to power: political skill, ambition, and deception
What caused the Great Depression?
The NRA: why price-fixing damaged American business
The AAA: how it hurt farming
Relief and the WPA: did they really help the unemployed?
More public programs that fell short: the Air Mail Act, FERA Camps, and TVA
Financial interference: manipulation of gold and silver markets, tariffs, stocks, and banks
Safety net or quagmire? minimum wage, social security, and labor relations
No free ride: the burden of excise, income, and corporate taxes
The IRS: FDR's personal weapon
Patronage transformed: the elections of 1934 and 1936
FDR stumbles: court packing, the purge, and the issue of race
How FDR's deception tarnished the presidency forever
What FDR should have done: cut spending, tax rates, and the tariff
What finally did end the Great Depression?
Why historians have missed the mark
The New Deal and repercussions for today's economy
A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration
9781416592228 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1416592229 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008020381
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945
New Deal, 1933-1939.
New Deal, 1933-1939--Historia
Depressions--United States.--1929
Crisis financiera --Estados Unidos --1929-1932
United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Estados Unidos --Política económica--1933-1945
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1933-1945
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas--1918-1945
002 E 806 / F671n 2008
973.917
New Deal or raw deal? : how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America / Burton W. Folsom, Jr. ; [Introduction by Stephen Moore]. - 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. - New York : Threshold Editions, 2008. - xvi, 318 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-312) and index.
The making of the myth: FDR and the New Deal
FDR's rise to power: political skill, ambition, and deception
What caused the Great Depression?
The NRA: why price-fixing damaged American business
The AAA: how it hurt farming
Relief and the WPA: did they really help the unemployed?
More public programs that fell short: the Air Mail Act, FERA Camps, and TVA
Financial interference: manipulation of gold and silver markets, tariffs, stocks, and banks
Safety net or quagmire? minimum wage, social security, and labor relations
No free ride: the burden of excise, income, and corporate taxes
The IRS: FDR's personal weapon
Patronage transformed: the elections of 1934 and 1936
FDR stumbles: court packing, the purge, and the issue of race
How FDR's deception tarnished the presidency forever
What FDR should have done: cut spending, tax rates, and the tariff
What finally did end the Great Depression?
Why historians have missed the mark
The New Deal and repercussions for today's economy
A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration
9781416592228 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1416592229 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008020381
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945
New Deal, 1933-1939.
New Deal, 1933-1939--Historia
Depressions--United States.--1929
Crisis financiera --Estados Unidos --1929-1932
United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Estados Unidos --Política económica--1933-1945
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1933-1945
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas--1918-1945
002 E 806 / F671n 2008
973.917