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Back to the Land

Arthurdale, FDR's New Deal, and the Costs of Economic Planning

C. J. Maloney (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2011
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-470-61063-3 (ISBN)

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How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia Today, the U.S. government is again moving to embrace New Deal-like economic policies. While much has been written about the New Deal from a macro perspective, little has been written about how New Deal programs played out on the ground. In Back to the Land , author CJ Maloney tells the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a "pet project" of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) "a human experiment station", she was to create a "New American" citizen who would embrace a collectivist form of life. This book tells the story of what happened to the people resettled in Arthurdale and how the policies implemented there shaped America as we know it. Arthurdale was the foundation upon which modern America was built.
Details economic history at the micro level, revealing the true effects of New Deal economic policies on everyday life Addresses the pros and cons of federal government economic policies Describes how good intentions and grand ideas can result in disastrous consequences, not only in purely materialistic terms but, most important, in respect for the rule of law Back to the Land is a valuable addition to economic and historical literature.

C. J. Maloney lives and works in New York City. A graduate of NYU's Stern School of Business, he has contributed writings on economics, history, and politics to, among others, RealClearMarkets.com, Mises.org, LewRockwell.com, Antiwar.com, DailyKos.com, Liberty magazine, and blogs for GMU's Liberty & Power. He has spoken before numerous groups, including the NYC Campaign for Liberty, the Manhattan Libertarian Party, and Ivy League Alliance/Students For Liberty at Columbia University.

Arthurdale from 1933-1947. Acronyms Used In the Book. Introduction. Chapter 1 The Damnedest Cesspool of Human Misery. Chapter 2 The Angel of Arthurdale Arrives. Chapter 3 The Definition of Insanity. Chapter 4 We Lucky Few. Chapter 5 "Spending Money... Like Drunken Sailors". Chapter 6 The Darkening of the Light. Chapter 7 "A Human Experiment Station". Chapter 8 At Long Last, Arcadia. Epilogue To the Victor, The Spoils. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chichester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 238 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-470-61063-8 / 0470610638
ISBN-13	978-0-470-61063-3 / 9780470610633
Zustand	Neuware