When government helped : learning from the successes and failures of the New Deal / [edited by] Sheila D. Collins, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collins, Sheila D.

Goldberg, Gertrude S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Depressions--1929--United States.

Depressions.

United States.

United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.

Economic policy.

United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

Economic conditions.

Recessions--United States.

Recessions.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xix, 339 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Summary:

When Government Helped systematically evaluates some parallels between the Great Depression and the 2007-2008 global economic meltdown, not only in terms of their economic causes and consequences, but also in terms of their political and cultural contexts and the environmental crises that afflict both periods. The positive and negative lessons for contemporary policy-making are evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of authors across a range of policy arenas. This book is a unique blend of disciplines that presents a new set of guideposts-some beneficial, some cautionary-for the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Public Attitudes Toward Government: The Social and Political Contexts of the Great Depression and Great Recession / Sheila D. Collins Collins, Sheila D. 1

2 A Tale of Two Crises: A Comparative View of the Political Economy of the Great Depression and Great Recession / Volker Janssen Janssen, Volker 25

3 The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and Public Finance / Timothy A. Canova Canova, Timothy A. 51

4 A Decade of Dissent: The New Deal and Popular Movements / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg Goldberg, Gertrude Schaffner 86

5 Labor Militance and the New Deal: Some Lessons for Today / Richard Mcintyre Mcintyre, Richard 120

6 The New Deal's Direct Job- Creation Strategy: Providing Employment Assurance for American Workers / Philip Harvey Harvey, Philip 146

7 The New Deal and the Creation of an American Welfare State / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg Goldberg, Gertrude Schaffner 180

8 The Democratization of Culture: The Legacy of the New Deal Arts Programs / Sheila D. Collins Collins, Sheila D., Naomi Rosenblum Rosenblum, Naomi 207

9 The Rightful Heritage of All: The Environmental Lessons of the Great Depression and the New Deal Response / Sheila D. Collins Collins, Sheila D. 233

10 New Deal Agricultural Policy: The Unintended Consequences of Supply Management / Bill Winders Winders, Bill 266

11 Conclusion: Learning from the Successes and Failures of the New Deal / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg Goldberg, Gertrude Schaffner 292.

ISBN:

9780199990696

0199990697

OCLC:

849822589