New Deal or raw deal? how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America

A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Folsom, Burton W.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Threshold Editions, 2008.
Edition:1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 ocn227328217
003 OCoLC
005 20100511092100.0
008 080505s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2008020381 
019 |a 209704246 
020 |a 9781416592228 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
020 |a 1416592229 
035 |a (OCoLC)227328217  |z (OCoLC)209704246 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d YDXCP  |d BAKER  |d BTCTA  |d LIQ  |d C#P  |d BWX  |d IXA  |d WIH  |d UPZ  |d CQU  |d MOF  |d SHH  |d PCB 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 0 0 |a E806  |b .F64 2008 
082 0 0 |a 973.917  |2 22 
100 1 |a Folsom, Burton W. 
245 1 0 |a New Deal or raw deal? :  |b how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America /  |c Burton W. Folsom, Jr. 
250 |a 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Threshold Editions,  |c 2008. 
300 |a xvi, 318 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-312) and index. 
505 0 |a The making of the myth: FDR and the New Deal -- FDR's rise to power: political skill, ambition, and deception -- What caused the Great Depression? -- The NRA: why price-fixing damaged American business -- The AAA: how it hurt farming -- Relief and the WPA: did they really help the unemployed? -- More public programs that fell short: the Air Mail Act, FERA Camps, and TVA -- Financial interference: manipulation of gold and silver markets, tariffs, stocks, and banks -- Safety net or quagmire? minimum wage, social security, and labor relations -- No free ride: the burden of excise, income, and corporate taxes -- The IRS: FDR's personal weapon -- Patronage transformed: the elections of 1934 and 1936 -- FDR stumbles: court packing, the purge, and the issue of race -- How FDR's deception tarnished the presidency forever -- What FDR should have done: cut spending, tax rates, and the tariff -- What finally did end the Great Depression ? -- Why historians have missed the mark -- The New Deal and repercussions for today's economy. 
520 |a A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration. 
600 1 0 |a Roosevelt, Franklin D.  |q (Franklin Delano),  |d 1882-1945. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Economic policy  |y 1933-1945. 
650 0 |a New Deal, 1933-1939. 
650 0 |a Depressions  |y 1929  |z United States. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1933-1945. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Economic conditions  |y 1918-1945. 
938 |a Blackwell Book Service  |b BBUS  |n R0747452  |c $27.00 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 2824200 
938 |a Baker & Taylor  |b BKTY  |c 27.00  |d 20.25  |i 1416592229  |n 0007634759  |s active 
938 |a Baker and Taylor  |b BTCP  |n 2008020381 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a CCL  |b CadNF  |c 973.917 Fo  |d i  |e 39241502834976  |f 442625  |g ddc  |j 04/20/2010 
999 |a 305244