
S4 E6: A New Deal
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The New Deal and the Great Depression
The american project of 17 76 and 18 76 lives on, more or less, intact, but up dated and modified. The most common narrative about the new deal goes something like this: roosevelt's multi pronged response to the great depression held off the angriest potential responses from the American people. And by the time the war is won in tn, forty five, the idea that America was gravely threatened feels like a distant memory. So chengeri, hey, john, it seems fair, i think, and actually important, to say that the new deal brought some real change, you know, changes that made things better for a lot of people. I
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