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The Recovery Act of 2009 vs. FDR's New Deal: Which Was Bigger?


Abstract: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been called the federal government's largest economic recovery plan. But what about the New Deal? Depending on how the comparison is framed, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan could have been costlier than President Barack Obama's.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: The Regional Economist

Publication Date: 2017

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Order Number: 6-7