The New Deal

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The Great Depression remains one of the landmark events--many have called it the "defining moment" -- of the twentieth century. This paper shows how, by almost all measures, it brought about a transformation of the role of the federal government in the American economy, as Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal set out to bring relief, recovery and reform to the beleaguered populace. The paper examines how President Roosevelt and his New Dealers achieved almost mythic status as selfless saviors of the economy. It shows too how the results of the New Deal were sometimes exaggerated and how flaws have been found in the overall plan.

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"In addition to increasing doubts about the beneficial effects of New Deal programs, questions have begun to be raised about the selfless motivation of those in charge of the programs. Some politicians in the late 1930s charged that political considerations had played an important role in the Roosevelt administration's decisions about how to allocate funds among the states. In examining various documents in the reelection campaign of Roosevelt, Don Reading concluded that relief and recovery of pre-depression income levels were much more important considerations than economic reform."

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