Designs within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933-1945
Designs within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933-1945 By William J. Barber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2006 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0521034310 | DJVU | 1 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2006 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0521034310 | DJVU | 1 MB
More so than had 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 the way divergent analytic perspectives competed for official favor and the manner in which the President opted to pick and choose among them when formulating economic policies.