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List of critics of the New Deal

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The following is a list of critics of the New Deal.

From the Left (Liberals to far left)

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  • Mary van Kleeck, American social feminist, labor activist, and social scientist[1][2]
  • Huey Long. Governor and senator from Louisiana; supported Roosevelt in 1932; broke and was setting up a presidential campaign on the left in 1936
  • William Lemke, North Dakota, Picked up Huey Long support in 1936
  • Norman Thomas, frequent presidential candidate on the Socialist ticket. Disagreed with Roosevelt's economic theory.
  • John L. Lewis, leader of Mineworkers and CIO; strong supporter of Roosevelt in 1936; in opposition 1940 because of Roosevelt's foreign-policy opposing Germany[clarification needed]

From the Right (Conservatives, libertarians, etc.)

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Politicians

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Writers and speakers

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Books with an anti-New Deal point of view

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mary Abby Van Kleeck | American social reformer". Encyclopedia Britannica. 1999. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. ^ McClurken, Kara M. (April 22, 2011). "van Kleeck, Mary". The Social Welfare History Project. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  3. ^ Richard Davis and Diana Owen. New Media and American Politics, Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0195120612, p. 9.
  4. ^ a b "Coughlin, Charles Edward" in Martin J. Manning and Herbert Romerstein (eds) Historical Dictionary Of American Propaganda Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004 ISBN 0313296057, pp. 71–72
  5. ^ "Commanding Heights : Milton Friedman | on PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  6. ^ Robert J. Robinson Jeffers, dimensions of a poet, Fordham Univ Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8232-1566-0 (p. 25)
  7. ^ Andrew Himes, The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family Chiara Press, 2011 ISBN 1453843752, (p. 271).
  8. ^ "Attacks Advisers of the President" (PDF). New York Times. September 17, 1934. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  9. ^ Heidenry, John. Theirs was the Kingdom : Lila and DeWitt Wallace and the story of the Reader's Digest. New York, W.W. Norton, 1993. ISBN 0-393-03466-6 (pp. 130–35).

Other references

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  • Gary Dean Best; The Critical Press and the New Deal: The Press Versus Presidential Power, 1933–1938 Praeger Publishers 1993. online edition
  • Brinkley, Alan. Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, & the Great Depression (1983)
  • Graham, Otis L. and Meghan Robinson Wander, eds. Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life and Times. (1985), an encyclopedia
  • Kennedy, David M. Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. (1999) the best recent scholarly narrative.
  • McCoy, Donald * R. Landon of Kansas (1966) standard scholarly biography
  • Paterson, James. Mr. Republican: A Biography of Robert Taft (1972), standard biography
  • Ronald Radosh. Prophets on the Right: Profiles of conservative critics of American globalism (1978)
  • Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr., The Age of Roosevelt, 3 vols, (1957–1960), the classic pro-New Deal history, with details on critics. Online at vol 2 vol 3
  • Rudolf, Frederick. "The American Liberty League, 1934–1940," American Historical Review, LVI (October 1950), 19–33 online at JSTOR
  • Smith, Richard Norton. An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover (1987) biography
  • White, Graham J. FDR and the Press. 1979.
  • Winfield, Betty Houchin. FDR and the News Media 1990
  • Williams, T. Harry. Huey Long (1969), Pulitzer Prize biography
  • Wolfskill, George. The Revolt of the Conservatives: A History of the American Liberty League, 1934–1940 (1962)
  • Anna Peterpants. Thesis Statement on the Depression-Era Programs (1951)
  • Brandon Streaker. The Man and the Deal (1964)
  • Carl McCarthy. The Great Wisconsin Brainwash (1954)