The 'New Deal' Resurfaces in US Economic Stimulus Debate
1,511 views · Published 13 February 2009 · 3:12 · Indexed 5 October 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
President Barack Obama's massive economic recovery package has sparked debate on the effectiveness of large-scale government programs to jump-start a failing economy. In particular, it has prompted a reexamination of America's most ambitious expansion of the government's role in society: the New Deal crafted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
