Here is a Paul Krugman piece for the New York Times. I referenced some of these ideas in class, but didn't remember where I saw this article. Krugman makes the argument that the New Deal would have worked better if FDR had taken bolder action. He essentially takes the opposite view from the conservatives who say that FDR's policies failed because he made too many sweeping changes in the economy. The reservation I have about including this link is that Krugman is really more concerned with contemporary economic policy than with understanding FDR.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/opinion/10krugman.html?_r=1
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I say the grass is always greener on the other side, and people will always say a leader was too...everything. Next thing they'll say is that FDR was too masculine to handle the depression!
ReplyDeletebut he wuz!
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't unmasculine-just misunderstood!
ReplyDeleteNah, he's just a politician
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