Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal (eBook)

Kim Phillips-Fein (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
376 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-07763-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In the wake of the profound economic crisis known as the Great Depression, a group of high-powered individuals joined forces to campaign against the New Deal-not just its practical policies but the foundations of its economic philosophy. The titans of the National Association of Manufacturers and the chemicals giant DuPont, together with little-known men like W. C. Mullendore, Leonard Read, and Jasper Crane, championed European thinkers Friedrich von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises and their fears of the "e;nanny state."e; Through fervent activism, fundraising, and institution-building, these men sought to educate and organize their peers as a political force to preserve their profit margins and the "e;American way"e; of doing business. In the public relations department of General Electric, they would find the perfect spokesman: Ronald Reagan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2010
• Zusatzinfo: 16 black-and-white photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: 1930s • 20th century • american liberty league • Barry Goldwater • Conservatism • conservative digest • Economics • Free Market • Government • History • Leonard Read • Mont Pelerin Society • National Review • Politics • Ronald Reagan • United States • US
• ISBN-10: 0-393-07763-2 / 0393077632
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-07763-6 / 9780393077636