Most observers have always been very surprised that there never was a
big demand for socialism in the United States - even at the height of
the depression. The New Deal was very much driven by the Executive
branch not by Congress - thus I think things could have been quite
different had we not had FDR.
Alex
P.S. Note also that many of the programs of the New Deal had the effect
of increasing and lengthening unemployment thus the "safety net" of
unemployment insurance could be seen as more of a safety net for the New
Deal than for capitalism.
--
Dr. Alexander Tabarrok
Vice President and Director of Research
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA, 94621-1428
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