Views on the New Deal

Invisible Hands touches upon how many people saw the New Deal as almost a form of socialism. Ultimately, the New Deal started a new type of conservatism that was strongly against this new way of government. The New Deal allowed Americans to rely on government for things such as Social Security and several other government funded programs. Citizens such as blah were more in favor of a laissez faire type of government where regulation and government assistance is to a minimum. In some cases, government programs are beneficial yet can lead to problems down the road. Many people can learn to abuse the system or rely soley on the government to bail them out of hard times. This leads to the average American being lazy and with zero drive for success. If someone can get paid to sit at home they will do it. The New Deal in a lot of ways created the beginning of a lazy country. People who had the same ideas about the New Deal formed several groups to combat this socialistic behavior such as the Liberty League.

What is the authors premise in the book with regards to economic history and theory in the time period under consideration?

What is she trying to accomplish?

Deal with the premise or overall element of what is being done within the work.

Is the author successful in achieving the purpose or not historically?

Does the book represent new or traditional interpretation on the economic-historical era under consideration?

In “The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism” the outlook of the New Deal is completely altered. The Deal is praised for fixing America’s economy and for creating a new structure that would remain intact for century’s to come. “The New Deal gave rise to an understanding of rights and constitutional arrangement...

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...et people to understand their point of view on the subject. These organizations got more popular after the New Deal did not fix the economy after many years of trying their programs.

Address what you consider to be the main elements and issues of thematic consideration and support them.

Does the author present or demonstrate any bias of a particular economic or historical view of thought?

Are there areas that do not have factual support that represent the authors policy or historical interpretation that cannot be substantiated as presented? Take a position and support yourself on this.

Works Cited

Phillips-Fein, Kim. Invisible hands: the Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal. New York: W. W. Norton, 2009.

Milkis, Sidney M., and Jerome M. Mileur. The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.