All Posts Tagged With: "Harry Hopkins"
Death by Public Works
Almost all historians who write on the New Deal praise Franklin Roosevelt for using government to “solve” economic problems. Often, however, these historians only tell part of the story. One example is Roosevelt’s vast public-works program. Here most historians wax eloquent on the dams built by TVA, the roads built by WPA, and the bridges [...]
1Mar2007 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 1 comment | Continued-
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