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FDR Had Macro Tools, We Need Micro Tools

FDR Had Macro Tools, We Need Micro Tools

With the development of Gross Domestic Product, New Deal state planners had the macroeconomic tools they needed to take on the Great Depression. To better direct its firehose of public investment, the modern state needs new microeconomic tools and its own mechanics to work with them.

Harold Ickes's Watchful Eye

Harold Ickes's Watchful Eye

Harold Ickes—FDR’s Interior Secretary and director of the Public Works Administration—was a contradictory figure: a true believer, consummate cynic, loyal public servant, and fiercely independent malcontent. We’ll need many more bureaucrats like him if we want large, effective public programs again.

Liberal Philanthropy and the Management of Dissent

Liberal Philanthropy and the Management of Dissent

Is it really so far-fetched to believe that our planet's wealthiest liberal elites have conspired together to maintain their power?