RE: Politicization Then and Now (Re: Alito & disability
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
The New Deal was imposed from above by the progressive elements of the ruling class who saw that (i) the old system has serious flaws that can bring the national economy to its knees; and (ii) government “dirigisme” (taking various forms, Keynesianism, welfare state, central planning) was the cutting edge economic thinking ca. 1930 that seem to provide a cure to these systemic flaws.
Well, there were also autoworkers occupying factories and the example of the USSR, which was growing rapidly. I doubt the US elite, even the progressive branch, would have done the New Deal purely on its own.
Doug