The Great Depression, New Deal, and War

Robert E. Wright ()
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Robert E. Wright: Central Michigan University

Chapter Chapter 1 in FDR’s Long New Deal, 2024, pp 1-30 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDRRoosevelt, Franklin D.) used the crises engendered by the global Great DepressionGreat Depression and Second World WarWorld War II to engineer the “radical” (FDRRoosevelt, Franklin D.’s word) reordering of American constitutionalConstitution and economic traditions in the name of collectivistcollectivism notions of “safety” and “social justicesocial justice.” FDRRoosevelt, Franklin D., his Marxist economic advisor Lauchlin CurrieCurrie, Lauchlin later admitted, “was glad to use economic arguments for something he wanted to do on other grounds”.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74141-8_1

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