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Hace 5 días · Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression was largely based on voluntary cooperation and limited government intervention, which many perceived as inadequate.
Hace 1 día · In his nine major radio addresses Hoover primarily defended his administration and his philosophy of government, urging voters to hold to the "foundations of experience" and reject the notion that government interventionism could save the country from the Depression.
Hace 5 días · President Hoover's strategies to address the Great Depression included promoting voluntary cooperation among businesses to maintain wages and employment, increasing public works spending, and...
13 de jun. de 2024 · Republican Herbert Hoover, the incumbent president, embraced small government and a largely unfettered free market, while New York Democratic Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt believed that the path out of the economic crisis required government intervention and a national sense of shared purpose.
Hace 4 días · Hoover met the crisis energetically, in contrast to earlier administrations, which had done little to cope with panics except reduce government spending. He extracted promises from manufacturers to maintain production. He signed legislation providing generous additional sums for public works.
Hace 2 días · The New Deal expanded the role of the federal government, particularly to help the poor, the unemployed, youth, the elderly and stranded rural communities. The Hoover administration started the system of funding state relief programs, whereby the states hired people on relief.
26 de jun. de 2024 · Hoover was a technocrat who had low regard for politicians. Instead he was a believer in the efficacy of individualism and business enterprise, with a little coordination by the government, to cure all problems. He envisioned a future of unbounded plenty and the imminent end of poverty in America.
