New Deal or raw deal? : how FDR's economic legacy has damaged America / Burton W. Folsom, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-312) and index.

Ch. 1. The making of the myth : FDR and the New Deal -- Ch. 2. FDR's rise to power : political skill, ambition, and deception -- Ch. 3. What caused the Great Depression? -- Ch. 4. The NRA : why price-fixing damaged American business -- Ch. 5. The AAA : how it hurt farming -- Ch. 6. Relief and the WPA : did they really help the unemployed? -- Ch. 7. More public programs that fell short : the Air Mail Act, FERA camps, and TVA -- Ch. 8. Financial interference : manipulation of gold and silver markets, tariffs, stocks, and banks -- Ch. 9. Safety net or quagmire? : minimum wage, social security, and labor relations -- Ch. 10. No free ride : the burden of excise, income, and corporate taxes -- Ch. 11. The IRS : FDR's personal weapon -- Ch. 12. Patronage transformed : the elections of 1934 and 1936 -- Ch. 13. FDR stumbles : court packing, the purge, and the issue of race -- Ch. 14. How FDR's deception tarnished the presidency forever -- Ch. 15. What FDR should have done : cut spending, tax rates, and the tariff -- Ch. 16. What finally did end the Great Depression? -- Ch. 17. Why historians have missed the mark -- Ch. 18. The New Deal and repercussions for today's economy.