Lessons from the New Deal

As the debate over the role of the government in job creation rages on, Midday presents an American RadioWorks documentary looking at how President Franklin Roosevelt tackled the problems of the Great Depression. "Bridge to Somewhere" examines how the structures the New Deal agencies built transformed America.

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Resources

• American RadioWorks