New Deal Programs

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This paper discusses the failures of Frank D. Roosevelt's attempt to turn around the declining economy of the US during the 1930s by introducing the New Deal, various programs aimed at restructuring and rectification of the economy. The author concludes that literature review proves that the New Deal merely realized the interests of the interest groups within the New Deal program itself. The paper states that the plans and promises Roosevelt pledged the people would have tremendously helped the people, but, due to mismanagement and lost objectives, they failed.

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"The selfishness of self interest groups? is also evident in the work of Deborah C. Malamud (2003). "Who they are - or were" discusses the emergence of the middle class in the American society. According to her, although America boasts of equality and openness, its political entities develop programs that serve the interest of particular groups only. Writing from the people's perspective, clearly Malamud reprimands self interest groups at the political level who develop, shape and promote middle class so as to serve their purpose. The concept of wage rates, white/blue collar jobs and whiteness of the American society is inherent in the wage and hour legislation, federal welfare relief and the new federal law of unionization developed during the New Deal. Malamud thus attempts to divulge the fact that it is not always clear whether Federal programs are meant for the public or the interest groups who generate them. Her study focuses on the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA); New York Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA); Civil Works Administration (CWA); and Public Works Administration (PWA) etc. programs which trace the methods with which the funds were allocated. The author's work is sufficiently credible as she effectively provides arguments of her thesis from researched documents of the various institutions named above and dialogues recorded."

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