The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was the most severe since The Great Depression. This book is a methodical evaluation of the parallels between the Great Depression and the 2007-2008 global economic meltdown. Although many books have been written on this topic, the unique aspect of this
book is the analysis of the positive and negative lessons for contemporary policy-making of the New Deal response to the crisis, through viewing both the New Deal and recent economic crisis as a combination with the current environmental crises. It also will assess the politics of the market and the
regulatory failures by helping readers better understand the structure of these crises and the constitutional reforms proposed to mollify them.
This book offers new perspectives on comparisons of the intersection of economic and environmental crises of these two periods. Integrating a
unique blend of disciplines, it plans to demonstrate some possible ways of escaping our malaise, approaches that were begun but never fulfilled in the 1930s, that were raised as possibilities by popular movements but never allowed onto the political agenda, or approaches that were simply unforeseen
in an earlier era. Thus, the book presents a set of guideposts, some beneficial, some cautionary, for the future.
Introduction
1. Sheila D. Collins: Public Attitudes Toward Government: The Social and Political Contexts of the Great Depression and Great Recession
2. Volker Janssen: A Tale of Two Crises: A Comparative View of the Political Economy of the Great Depression and Great Recession
3.
Timothy A. Canova: The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and Public Finance
4. Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg: A Decade of Dissent: The New Deal and Popular Movements
5. Richard McIntyre: Labor Militancy and the New Deal: Some Lessons for Today
6. Philip Harvey: The New Deal's
Direct Job Creation Strategy: Providing Employment Assurance for American Workers
7. Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg: The New Deal and the Creation of an American Welfare State
8. Sheila D. Collins: The Democratization of Culture: The Legacy of the New Deal Arts Programs
9. Sheila D.
Collins: The Rightful Heritage of All: The Environmental Lessons of the Great Depression and the New Deal Response
10. Bill Winders: New Deal Agricultural Policy: The Unintended Consequences of Supply Management
11. Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg: Conclusion: Learning from the Successes and
Failures of the New Deal
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Sheila Collins, PhD, is Professor of Political Science Emerita at William Patterson University. Gertrude Goldberg, PhD, is Professor of Political Science Emerita at Adelphi University School of Social Work.
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