Buzzanco on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the New Deal and the 1930s Thunder on the Left

September 29, 2020Posted inUncategorized

The latest and greatest from Green and Red Podcast co-host, and University of Houston history professor, Bob Buzzanco about the political turmoil of the 1930’s.

In this lecture, Professor Buzzanco discusses FDR and the New Deal–politics of hope. The 3 Rs; the First New Deal as conservative reform–NIRA, AAA (hog reduction and milk dumping) and the Securities Exchange Commission. The “Thunder on the Left”–political resistance–Woody Guthrie, Grapes of Wrath, Sinclair, Townsend, Lewis, Huey Long.
Second New Deal–Social Security, Wagner Act, WPA. Recovery? FDR balances budget

VIDEO: The Causes of the Great Depression

September 22, 2020Posted inUncategorized

In his latest lecture,Green and Red Podcast co-host, and University of Houston history professor, Dr. Bob Buzzanco talks about the causes of the Great Depression.

He discusses surplus capital, foreign economic crises (debts-reparations triangle, global trade plummets), the stock market, poverty, the lack of economic diversity and the credit crunch. And then gets into Herbert Hoover’s (failed ) responses: Balanced Budget, Tariffs, Government Spending.

This, of course, sets the stage for the election of 1932, the rise of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, illusion and hope, The three R’s and the New Deal.