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Sheila D. Collins, Professor Emerita of PoliticalScience, William Paterson University

Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, Professor Emerita of Social Policy, Adelphi University

The global inancial crisis of 2007-2008 was the

most severe since the Great Depression. This book is

a systematic evaluation of the parallels between theGreat Depression and the 2007-2008 globaleconomic meltdown. Although many books havebeen written on this topic, the unique aspect of this

book is the analysis of the positive and negative

lessons for contemporary policy-making of the NewDeal response to the crisis, through viewing both theNew Deal and the recent economic crisis in

combination with the environmental crises of botheras.

Integrating a unique blend of disciplines, thisvolume introduces some possible ways of escapingour malaise, approaches that were begun but neverfully realized in the 1930s, some that were raised as

possibilities by popular movements but never

allowed onto the political agenda, or approaches toproblems that were simply unforeseen in an earlierera. Thus, the book presents a set of guideposts,

some beneicial, some cautionary, for the future.

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“In an age when government intervention in the economy has become passé, Sheila Collins’ and TrudyGoldberg’s When Government Helped comes as a welcome breath of fresh air. In this remarkable collectionof essays, Collins and Goldberg show us that capitalism lourishes best when it is properly regulated andmanaged in such a way as to promote the common good of all. The best case yet of the necessity for theAmerican citizen to turn to what Franklin Roosevelt called ‘the organized power of government’.”

—David B. Woolner, PhD, Senior Fellow and Hyde Park Resident Historian of the Roosevelt Institute,and co-editor of FDR and the Environment .

“When Government Helped is a revelatory collection of essays. It sheds light on how the New Deal order wasput together, how it transformed American public life, and where it failed to go far enough. Even moreexciting these essays are written in light of the recent near collapse of our economy and draw valuable lessonsfrom the past about how to deal with our present dilemma.”

—Steve Fraser, Co-Editor, The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I

1. Public Attitudes Toward Government:

The Social and Political Contexts of the Great Depression

and Great Recession

Sheila D. Collins

2. A Tale of Two Crises: A Comparative View of the Political

Economy of the Great Depression and Great Recession

Volker Janssen

3. The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and

Public Finance

Timothy A. Canova

4. A Decade of Dissent: The New Deal and Popular Movements

Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

5. Labor Militancy and the New Deal: Some Lessons for Today

Richard McIntyre

6. The New Deal’s Direct Job Creation Strategy:Providing Employment Assurance for American Workers

Philip Harvey 

7. The New Deal and the Creation of an American Welfare State

Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

8. The Democratization of Culture: The Legacy of the New Deal Arts Programs

Sheila D. Collins and Naomi Rosenblum

9. The Rightful Heritage of All: The Environmental Lessons of the Great Depression and the

New Deal Response

Sheila D. Collins

10. New Deal Agricultural Policy: The Unintended Consequences of Supply Management 

Bill Winders

11. Conclusion: Learning from the Successes and Failures of the New Deal

Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

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