“The New Deal, The Depression, And President Franklin Delano Roosevelt”
David M. Kennedy’s essay, “FDR: Advocate for the American People” and Robert Higgs essay, “FDR: opportunistic Architect of Big Government” discuss Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal policy. Their view points are different. David Kennedy describes FDR as a powerful leader, whereas Robert Higgs purely expresses on his distaste for the president. Kennedy is more convincing because he used hard core evidence and thoroughly explains the New deal and its results.
In 1932, the American People wanted an economic change so they elected a new leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He won the election of 1932 against Herbert Hoover and began implementing the New Deal. The New Deal was Roosevelt’s first phase in his “try something” philosophy. (Higgs, 220). Roosevelt’s New Deal had three aims: recovery from the depression, relief for its victims, and the reform of the economic system. “ The New Deal established the first federal minimum wage, the first government......
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