In the Tradition of Liberty.

In the Tradition of Liberty.

Nathanael L. Mickelson

  • No Longer Seeing the New Deal Through a Glass, Darkly

    No Longer Seeing the New Deal Through a Glass, Darkly

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    False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933-1947, by George Selgin. University of Chicago Press, 2025, 384 pages, $35.00. As a policy regime, the New Deal remains an ingrained part of America’s political consciousness. Those confident in state action view President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression as proof that…

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