Dear Ask the Professor, Was the New Deal successful in ending the Great Depression? Sounds like a simple question - but the results of searching turn up polar opposite opinions - and...
Blog Posts Tagged with FDR
At Intellectual Takeout, we believe individuals should read multiple perspectives on various ideas and policy proposals. Additionally, we believe primary documents are critically important to understanding. As is...
Posted by: Devin Foley on February 24, 2011
Sadly, many in the media and on the Left are attempting to lay the blame on free marketers and limited government folks for the current economic mess and pending debt crisis. Some even go so far as to argue that the...
Posted by: Devin Foley on September 16, 2010
Some conservative circles have turned to demagoguery in the hopes of raising the country’s ire against the chief power holder in Washington, D.C. Politically speaking, it may seem to be an effective tactic for the...
Posted by: Devin Foley on April 14, 2010
Last night, when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said, "We will be joining those who established Social Security, Medicare and now, tonight, health care for all Americans,” she...
Posted by: Devin Foley on March 22, 2010
With the negativity surrounding the current health care “reform” legislation, we haven’t heard enough about positive, freedom-oriented steps that can be taken to unshackle health care.
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Posted by: Devin Foley on March 5, 2010
If you're worried about the state of the Union these days, imagine how much more worried you would be if the incoming president declared during his inauguration, his intent to seize whatever power he thought necessary to end the financial crisis...
Posted by: Devin Foley on April 8, 2009
In a horrifying development, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner seems to be getting his Nietzsche on.
In the past week, over $2 trillion was requested to bail out failing banks and other corporate entities. The Federal Reserve Bank wants...
Posted by: Devin Foley on March 25, 2009
With the economy what it is these days (bad), Americans are hearing a lot about the Great Depression of the 1930s and FDR's New Deal. Believing that the New Deal worked, many folks are calling now for similar federal government interventions to...
Posted by: Devin Foley on February 17, 2009