Lessons from the political economy of the New Deal

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-462

  Wallis, John Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Federalism; Great Depression; Institutions; New Deal; Relief programmes; Second World War; Welfare programmes

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; GREAT DEPRESSION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAR; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 78149480889     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq028     Document Type: Article

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