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Designs Within Disorder - Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933 1945

English · Hardback

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More than any of his predecessors in the White House, Franklin D. Roosevelt drew heavily on the thinking of economists as he sought to combat the Great Depression, to mobilize the American economy for war, and to chart a new order for the postwar world. Designs within Disorder is an inquiry into how divergent analytic perspectives competed for official favor and how the President chose among them when formulating economic policies. During the Roosevelt years, two "revolutions" were underway simultaneously. One of them involved a fundamental restructuring of the American economy and of the role government was to play in it. A second was an intellectual "revolution", which engaged economists in reconceptualizing the nature of their discipline. Most of the programmatic initiatives Roosevelt put in place displayed a remarkable staying power for over a half century.

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Preface; Guide to abbreviations in citations of sources; Prologue; 1. Stage setting in the presidential campaign of 1932; 2. Curtain raising in the first hundred days; 3. Deployments in the second half of 1933; 4. Rethinking the structuralist agenda (I): the fate of NRA, 1934-5; 5. Rethinking the structuralist agenda (II): the fate of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1934-6; 6. Rethinking macroeconomic strategies, 1934-6; 7. Shock tremors and their repercussions, 1937-8; 8. Toward a new 'official model,' 1939-40; 9. Designs for the management of an economy at war; 10. Designs for the postwar world; Epilogue; Bibliographical note; Index.

Summary

Franklin D. Roosevelt drew heavily on the thinking of economists as he sought to combat the Great Depression, to mobilize the American economy for war, and to chart a new order for the post-war world. This 1996 book explains how divergent analytic perspectives competed for official favour and the manner in which Roosevelt opted to pick and choose among them when formulating economic policies.

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Authors William J. Barber, William J. Professor Barber
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.05.2012
 
EAN 9780521560788
ISBN 978-0-521-56078-8
No. of pages 192
Dimensions 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
Weight 437 g
Series Historical Perspectives on Mod
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous

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