Braintrusters

The New Deal 2.0 Braintrusters are a select group of the country’s leading thinkers, including economists, historians, political scientists, and policy experts who support the effort to explore key questions at the heart of the economic debate.

The views expressed by these individuals here are theirs alone and should not be attributed to the Roosevelt Institute, its boards, or its officers.



Braintrusters

Deal Breakers




George Will
“Before we go into a new New Deal, can we just acknowledge that the first New Deal didn’t work?”

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New Deal Dictionary

Glass Steagall Act



What is the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933?
The Glass-Steagall Act was introduced during the Great Depression by former Treasury Secretary Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL).

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