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Book SynopsisAs the Great Depression dragged on without a recovery, Americans were avid for anything that would help them to understand its causes and possible solutions. During this period, orthodox economists were largely discredited, both in the White House and among the public. Three of the most popular and influential figures of the period--Edward A. Rumely, Stuart Chase, and David Cushman Coyle--were not trained in economics. In Peddling Panaceas, Gary Dean Best analyzes their remedies for the Depression, their proposals for permanent economic reform, and their influence.Each of these men represented a principal economic faction within the New Deal. The inflationists within the New Deal found support from the Committee for the Nation, which was largely the creation of Edward Rumely. Rumely''s committee was influential in the early New Deal, but largely passed into eclipse by early 1934. The planners within the New Deal were represented in popular magazines and books by Stuart Chase, who was a
Table of ContentsPreface, Introduction, 1. The Committee for the Nation, 2. The Committee for the Nation and the New Deal, 3. The Decline of the Committee for the Nation, 4. The Emergence of Stuart Chase, 5. Stuart Chase and the New Deal, 6. Stuart Chase and the Second New Deal, 7. David Cushman Coyle and the Irrepressible Conflict, 8. David Cushman Coyle and the Second New Deal, 9. David Cushman Coyle and the Decline of the New Deal, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index
