Politico's Matthew Dallek does a good job summing up some of the blatant falsehoods about the "failure" of the new deal
HERE
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich does a similar service
HERE
My favorite point is that when you ask people who, you know, lived through the depression era, they all LOVE FDR.
On a related note is a discussion by Leon Wieseltier about why liberalism, or progressivism, like that of FDR is good for America. And why one should be proud to be a liberal.
HERE
(Note, this will be one of the very few times I link to the New Republic. I don't like much of their stuff.
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