Summary of New Deal or Raw Deal?

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910164971403321
• Autore: Reader Capitol
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013
• ISBN: 2-511-00131-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (23 p.)
• Disciplina: 382.109234789
• Soggetti: Business; Economic policy; Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of New Deal or Raw Deal? (Burton W. Folsom, Jr.); Introduction; The Making of the Myth: FDR and the New Deal; FDR's Rise to Power: Political Skill, Ambition, and Deception; What Caused the Great Depression?; The NIRA: Why Price-fixing Damaged American Business; The AAA: How it Hurt Farming; Relief and the WPA: Did They Really Help the Unemployed?; Safety Net or Quagmire? Minimum Wage, Social Security, and Labor Relations; No Free Ride: The Burden of Excise, Income, and Corporate Taxes; The IRS: FDR's Personal WeaponPatronage Transformed; How FDR's Deception Tarnished the Presidency Forever; Conclusion; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Bruton W. Folsom, Jr. in his book "New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Bruton W. Folsom, Jr.'s book.<br>Folsom argues that FDR idyllic legend is just a myth of epic propositions and he points out that today Americans are still struggling with the negative repercussions of FDR's legacy. <br>