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Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal

Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal

Leighninger, Robert D., Jr.

Paperback

Series: Social Problems and Social Issues (Univ of South Carolina)

Investing & FinanceGeneral World HistoryPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 1570036632
ISBN13: 9781570036637
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: May 3 2007
Pages: 265
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.25 Depth: 8.89
Language: English
In this comprehensive survey combining architectural and social policy studies, Robert D. Leighninger Jr. reappraises the enduring achievements of public investment during the New Deal era. Leighninger argues that, though these initiatives produced the lasting backbone of the U.S. physical and cultural infrastructure, the value of these long-range investments is now being forgotten. In response Leighninger systematically assesses the schools, housing, bridges, roads, power plants, courthouses, hospitals, museums, stadiums, zoos, parks, and other public facilities built under the auspices of the New Deal. Many of the structures are still in use today. Although a multitude of studies have focused on specific agencies, Leighninger offers an exhaustive survey of all the building agencies established as part of the New Deal. In addition to reviewing the large- and small-scale objectives of such operations as the Public Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and Tennessee Valley Authority, Leighninger applies the New Deal experience to current public policy issues. He evaluates the impact of public works on stimulating the economy, the role of public jobs in a national employment policy, the means of financing infrastructure, and the paradox of viewing public works as pork.

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