"Writing in a lucid, nontechnical language, Rosendemonstrates how battles over economic theories shaped the New Deal and transformedthe role of government in America. Rosen identifies the combatants clearly, describes their arguments cogently, and suggests why they took the positions theydid. Based on extensive research over many years, this is an indispensable book foranyone who wants to understand the New Deal's importance." -- Kendrick A.Clements, University of SouthCarolina "Elliot A. Rosen... has longengaged with the wide-ranging debates surrounding the interwar economic crisis ofthe 1930s, and he has now contributed a well-written, strongly researched, andconfident history of New Deal economic policy." -- "Journalof American History" "Rosen provides aclear, detailed, and effective review of the diversity and development of publicpolicy analysis and debate in the United States during the 1930s.... There arediscussions of the transition phase between Hoover and Roosevelt, internationaltrade and financial policies, fiscal issues, New Deal policies for industry andagriculture, welfare programs, and the intense debates over planning andintervention prompted by the 1937--1938 recession. ..". For businesshistorians, the study provides an overview of economic thought in the 1930s with agood bibliography. It would be of particular value to those interested in thebackgrounds and connections of the numerous businessmen who supported, worked in, oropposed the New Deal." -- "Business History Review" "Rosen's erudition andauthority are impressive; the organization is logical; the style is lucid. I doubtif anyone knows more about 1930s economic policy." -- Theodore Rosenof, author of "Economics in the Long Run: New Deal Theorists and TheirLegacies, 1933--1993 " Historianshave often speculated on the alternative paths the United States might have takenduring the Great Depression: What if Franklin D. Roosevelt had been killed by one ofGiuseppe Zangara's bullets in Miami on February 17, 1933? Would there have been aNew Deal under an administration led by Herbert Hoover had he been reelected in1932? To what degree were Roosevelt's own ideas and inclinations, as opposed tothose of his contemporaries, essential to the formulation of New Deal policies?In"Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery, theeminent historian Elliot A. Rosen examines these and other questions, exploring"the causes of the Great Depression and America's recovery from itin relation to the policies and policy alternatives that were in play during the NewDeal era. Based on broad and extensive archival research, the book is at once anerudite and authoritative history of New Deal economic policy and timely backgroundreading for current debates on domestic and global economicpolicy. Elliot A. Rosen is Professor Emeritus ofHistory at Rutgers University and the author of "Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Brains Trust: From Depression to New Deal."