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 Great Depression
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
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Posted by: Devin Foley on October 16, 2009
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
Posted by: Devin Foley on February 26, 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