Answer to Question #100249 in History for Kristen

Question

Who were the New Dealers and what did they favor in economic policy?

Answer 1

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. The New Dealers were a team of Ivy League intellectuals and New York State social workers. The New Dealers were unified in their rejection of laissez-faire orthodoxy--the idea that federal government's responsibilities were confined to balancing the federal budgets and providing for the nation's defense.