Jay, seeing as how your last name is Bookman, maybe you oughta read a book once in a while.
Milton Friedman argued the “newly discovered theory” that FDR made the depression worse in his 1980 book “Free to Choose” and he, and others had been making the same argument for decades. Amity Shlaes simply does a fantastic job of illustrating the politics and economics of the time.
The activist politician will always hold an advantage over the free market advocate, unfortunately.