David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history ...

Roosevelt’s New Deal was designed to rescue capitalism from collapse—injecting jobs, stability, and confidence into an economy on the brink. But its rapid expansion of federal power, public works, and ...

Prologue -- "An honest, fearless, square man" -- "Rising star" -- "Common sense idealism" -- Searching for the next Jefferson -- "An emergency more serious than war ...

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal projects and regulations were so wide-ranging in their aims and scope that it’s hard to reach a simple verdict on their effectiveness. George Selgin ...

Intellectuals, academics, and most of the media slapped a halo over FDR to consecrate both his welfare state and his warring. FDR: A New Political Life is an antidote to that servility to Leviathan.

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