ECONOMICS AND THE PUBLIC WELFARE (Paperback)

by BENJAMIN M ANDERSON (Author)

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Benjamin Anderson

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• Paperback: 595 pages
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.; 2nd edition (October 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091396669X
• ISBN-13: 978-0913966693
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #395,744 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Setting the record straight - this early, February 3, 2006

By	Jason Gonella "philosopher" (Lancaster, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was originally written in 1949. That's an important fact to consider when reading it. This makes Mr. Anderson the first historian to publicly state the fact that Hoover authored the New Deal.

This is a very trenchant examination of the economics of the period between the start of WWI and the end of WWII, and that includes the Roaring 20s and the Depressed 30s. Since this is a book of economics, it was ignored by historians. Shame, since they're the ones perpetuating the myth that Hoover and FDR were of opposite kinds when the truth is they were merely different by a matter of degree.

This book details the true economic situation during that time, but it was the sections on Hoover that really caught my eye, all the massive public works programs and cartelization of the economy that show that the myths are wrong.