Did the New Deal Make the Great Depression Worse? | New Deal or Raw Deal Part III Books with Burt

The New Deal was designed by FDR to create programs to reduce the unemployment rate during the Great Depression. Although it was sold to Americans as a well-intentioned effort to curb the depression, the New Deal programs such as the AAA and the NRA only provided avenues for corruption and exacerbated the misery for all Americans. For every problem the programs sought out to solve, two or more problems popped up along the way.

This episode is based on Dr. Burt Folsom’s book, New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America.

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