Peddling Panaceas: Popular Economists in the New Deal Era

by Gary Best (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $65.28

  As the Great Depression dragged on without a recovery, Americans were avid for anything that would help them to understand its causes. Edward A Rumely, Stuart Chase, and David Cushman Coyle - were not trained in economics. This book analyzes their remedies for Depression, their proposals for economic reform, and their influence on the New Deal.