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nytimes.com - 11/27/2008

Economic View - The New Deal Didn’t Always Work, Either

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MANY people are looking back to the Great Depression and the New Deal for answers to our problems. But while we can learn important lessons from this period, they’re not always the ones taught in school. The traditional story is that President Franklin D. Roosevelt rescued capitalism by ...

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youtube.com - 11/23/2008

George Will: The New Deal Didn't Work (video)

— youtube.com — ABC This Week (more) George Will: The New Deal Didn't Work (video)

George Will

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/24/2008

The New Deal

— washingtonmonthly.com — THE NEW DEAL.... A few days ago, Tyler Cowen had an op-ed piece in the New York... Times questioning the efficacy of FDR's New Deal policies in addressing the Great Depression. The Heritage Foundation also recently went after the New... (more) The New Deal

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mudvillegazette.com - 11/25/2008

Done Deal?

— mudvillegazette.com — Gates to stay at Defense? If this is true, it's the second fulfilled prophesy . (The first... was noted here and here .) (more) Done Deal?

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Robert Gates

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The Lessons Of The New Deal
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — As told by Tyler Cowen . The point made about ensuring the expansion of monetary policy is highly important, but so is the point that Roosevelt's agricultural subsidies and imposition of industry cartels were utterly and completely disastrous economically. One certainly hopes that taxes will not be raised and that the Bush tax cuts will still have a lot of life left in them during the Obama Administration--quite frankly, if the President-elect wants to encourage some serious economic stimulus, he would do well to take a page from Milton Friedman, recognize that individuals need to sense a long-term increase in their take-home pay, and pledge to make the tax cuts ...

The Lessons Of The New Deal
RedState: Conservative News and Community — As told by Tyler Cowen. The point made about ensuring the expansion of monetary policy is highly important, but so is the point that Roosevelt's agricultural subsidies and imposition of industry cartels were utterly and completely disastrous economically. One certainly hopes that taxes will not be raised and that the Bush tax cuts will still have a lot of life left in them during the Obama Administration--quite frankly, if the President-elect wants to encourage some serious economic stimulus, he would do well to take a page from Milton Friedman, recognize that individuals need to sense a long-term increase in their take-home pay, and pledge to make ...