Uncommon Knowledge: The Great Depression with Amity ShlaesBackAmity Shlaes challenges the received wisdom that the Great Depression occurred because capitalism broke and that it ended because FDR, and government in general, came to the rescue. According to Shlaes, it was the government that made the Great Depression worse. And was FDRs progressivism, as evident in the New Deal, really all that new, or was it a step along a progressive continuum that already had been established? Category: News Uploaded: September 12th, 2008 @ 6:23 pm Author: HooverInstitution Length: 34:40 Rating: Views: Tags: shlaes founders america freedom forgotten man interpretation poverty socialism constitutionality national bank originalists constitution herbert hoover republic empire roosevelt new deal economic disaster 1920s 1930s soviet union mussolinis italy progressivism fdr smoot-hawley tariff. Related Video Links:» View Video Comments For Uncommon Knowledge: The Great Depression with Amity Shlaes » View HooverInstitution's Other Uploaded Videos Video Thumbnails:Video Embedding Code:* Embed this video on your website, social bookmark, myspace, or blog. |
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