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Back to the Land: Arthurdale, FDR´s New Deal, and the Costs of Economic Planning
C. J Maloney
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Description for Back to the Land: Arthurdale, FDR´s New Deal, and the Costs of Economic Planning
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia
How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia
Today, the U.S. government is again moving to embrace New Deal-like economic policies. While much has been written about the New Deal from a macro perspective, little has been written about how New Deal programs played out on the ground.
In Back to the Land, author CJ Maloney tells the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a "pet project" of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) "a human experiment station", she was to create a "New ... Read more
- Details economic history at the micro level, revealing the true effects of New Deal economic policies on everyday life
- Addresses the pros and cons of federal government economic policies
- Describes how good intentions and grand ideas can result in disastrous consequences, not only in purely materialistic terms but, most important, in respect for the rule of law
Back to the Land is a valuable addition to economic and historical literature.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118886922
SKU
V9781118886922
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About C. J Maloney
CJ Maloney (New York,?NY) is a vice president and portfolio manager at a Wall Street investment firm, and often provides background analysis and comments for leading finance writers. He writes regularly on economics, history, and politics for Mises.org, LewRockwell.com, Anti-War.com, Liberty magazine, New York Young Republican magazine, Crit Hit, and others (sometimes under the nom de plume Cyd Malone), and ... Read more
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