After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute his “New Deal,” a series of economic programs intended to offer relief to the unemployed and recovery of the national economy.

A woman displays a National Recovery Administration poster in a restaurant window, c. 1934 ... Wilson’s war socialism, FDR’s New Deal, Harry Truman’s Fair Deal, John F. Kennedy’s ...

IN 1932, in deepest slump, American voters threw out their president and elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With 12m out of work, enter the New Deal. Its kingpins were four: • Deficit spending ...

By the start of 1937, things were looking up for the U.S. economy. Although the Supreme Court had struck down both the NIRA and the AAA—the chief pillars of the original New Deal’s recovery ...

Some avenues are supposed to be closed off from experimentation. Let’s try getting rid of the Bill of Rights for a bit & see if we can’t get great things done!

Dear Doug: Years ago, my parents discovered this huge framed photo of Franklin Roosevelt on the third floor of an old building they once owned. It is 38 by 491/2 ...

FDR’s New Deal transformed the economy. ... The Public Works Administration, created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933, received a $3.3 billion appropriation. ...

Roosevelt’s first 100 days were really the disaster-response period of his presidency, the moment when the new chief executive grabbed the fire hose and started putting out the flames that had ...

The U.S. is now either in or on the verge of an economic depression. In February, more than 80% of Americans between the ages of 25 and 54 had a job; in April, that number was less than 70%, and ...

As reference after reference connects Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal to the Biden administration, it is fair to ask exactly what big, bold, reforms FDR and his New Deal allies would ...

In 1920 and 1921, the U.S. economy contracted. The recession was massive; far greater than the contraction that revealed itself from 1929-30. Most, however, are unaware of the downturn that took ...

Conservative media react to talk of Obama-led economic recovery by attacking FDR and New Deal Written by Matt Gertz , Brian Frederick , Lily Yan , Greg Lewis & Jocelyn Fong Published 11/26/08 9:07 ...