Folsom, Burton W.,  Jr.,    1947- <br/><br/>
New Deal or raw deal? :  how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America / 
Burton W. Folsom, Jr. ; [Introduction by Stephen Moore]. 
 - 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Threshold Editions,  2008. 
 - xvi, 318 pages ;   25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-312) and index. 
<br/><br/>The making of the myth: FDR and the New Deal<br/>FDR's rise to power: political skill, ambition, and deception<br/>What caused the Great Depression?<br/>The NRA: why price-fixing damaged American business<br/>The AAA: how it hurt farming<br/>Relief and the WPA: did they really help the unemployed?<br/>More public programs that fell short: the Air Mail Act, FERA Camps, and TVA<br/>Financial interference: manipulation of gold and silver markets, tariffs, stocks, and banks<br/>Safety net or quagmire? minimum wage, social security, and labor relations<br/>No free ride: the burden of excise, income, and corporate taxes<br/>The IRS: FDR's personal weapon<br/>Patronage transformed: the elections of 1934 and 1936<br/>FDR stumbles: court packing, the purge, and the issue of race<br/>How FDR's deception tarnished the presidency forever<br/>What FDR should have done: cut spending, tax rates, and the tariff<br/>What finally did end the Great Depression?<br/>Why historians have missed the mark<br/>The New Deal and repercussions for today's economy 
<br/><br/> A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416592228 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1416592229 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008020381 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Roosevelt, Franklin D.  1882-1945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>New Deal, 1933-1939.<br/>New Deal, 1933-1939--Historia<br/>Depressions--United States.--1929<br/>Crisis financiera --Estados Unidos --1929-1932
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.<br/>United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.<br/>Estados Unidos --Política económica--1933-1945 <br/>Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1933-1945<br/>Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas--1918-1945
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 806  / F671n 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.917