Historical and Philosophical Background of New Deal

Historické a myšlenkové pozadí New Dealu

Ladislav Tajovský

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2005, vol. 2005, issue 3, 128-151

Abstract: The article "Historical and Philosophical Background of New Deal" deals with historical and philosophical origins of 1932 economic platform of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. New Deal was a reaction to the Great Depression 1929 - 1933, the hardest and the deepest crisis of the modern capitalism. Its attendant circumstances - decline of product, deflation and record-breaking unemployment - caused considerable shifts in the social perception of the role of the state in the economy. However, New Deal was not a consistent package of reform projects - the most significant feature was the pragmatic activism and the willingness to reply to the economic fluctuations. The aim of this article is to get to the roots of social-economic thoughts of the authors of New Deal. The conclusion is that for a long time before the Great Depression came there was strong tendency to strengthten state's power, especially concerning the federal institutions. Franklin D. Roosevelt thus went further the same direction as his progressive or conservative predecessors.

Keywords: progresivism; cooperative individualism; New Deal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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