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New Deal or raw deal? : how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America / Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
LIBRA E806 .F64 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Folsom, Burton W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
- United States.
- Economic policy.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Depressions--1929--United States.
- Depressions.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 318 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Threshold Editions hardover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Threshold Editions, 2008.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Making of the Myth: FDR and the New Deal 1
- Chapter 2 FDR's Rise to Power: Political Skill, Ambition, and Deception 16
- Chapter 3 What Caused the Great Depression? 30
- Chapter 4 The NRA: Why Price-Fixing Damaged American Business 43
- Chapter 5 The AAA: How It Hurt Farming 60
- Chapter 6 Relief and the WPA: Did They Really Help the Unemployed? 76
- Chapter 7 More Public Programs That Fell Short: The Air Mail Act, FERA Camps, and TVA 93
- Chapter 8 Financial Interference: Manipulation of Gold and Silver Markets, Tariffs, Stocks, and Banks 103
- Chapter 9 Safety Net or Quagmire? Minimum Wage, Social Security, and Labor Relations 112
- Chapter 10 No Free Ride: The Burden of Excise, Income, and Corporate Taxes 122
- Chapter 11 The IRS: FDR's Personal Weapon 146
- Chapter 12 Patronage Transformed: The Elections of 1934 and 1936 168
- Chapter 13 FDR Stumbles: Court Packing, the Purge, and the Issue of Race 192
- Chapter 14 How FDR's Deception Tarnished the Presidency Forever 212
- Chapter 15 What FDR Should Have Done: Cut Spending, Tax Rates, and the Tariff 237
- Chapter 16 What Finally Did End the Great Depression? 245
- Chapter 17 Why Historians Have Missed the Mark 253
- Chapter 18 The New Deal and Repercussions for Today's Economy 263.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-312) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781416592228
- 1416592229
- OCLC:
- 227328217
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