Research Paper President Obama's New Deal vs. President Roosevelt's New Deal The original new deal that was proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930's during the great depression many columnists believe that it has been revamped into something that President Barack Obama believes can jumpstart the American economy. Since both of these men are from the Democratic Party and were voted into office by the American people under the promise that they would and could help jumpstart the economy that would lead to a decrease in unemployment. They both had a huge responsibility to the American people to hit the ground running. And although the similarities of the deals are almost to uncanny to be coincidence they each had key ideas on how to get the American people back into the workforce. I will be focusing on just a few key areas that have been struck due to the recession for President Obama and the Great Depression for President Roosevelt and how each man either fixed the problem or is attempting to.
How did Obama beat Clinton to the democratic nomination? When the little known US Senator for Illinois announced his intentions to run in the democratic presidential primary in 2007, few believed that he could defeat the party backed establishment candidate, Hilary Clinton. Clinton’s campaign was described as “the largest and most powerful presidential campaign in History” and although Obama himself was quietly confident, his early investors were sceptical as Clinton gained an early twenty point lead. So how was he able to turn things around? Obama had three key factors on his side.
How far do you agree with the view that in the years from 1829-37, Andrew Jackson democratised American politics? Elected in 1829, Andrew Jackson ultimately became known as the “People’s president”, and is known to have democratised America during his presidency. Jackson founded the democratic party and developed its party politics, following this he attempted to end bureaucracy in Congress with the rotation of office, and can often be seen to put the needs of the country above his own views such as during the 1832 Nullification Crisis. However other aspects of his presidency may show Jackson to have been largely undemocratic in his personality and politics, such as his personal rivalry and feuds taking priority over his politics, his common disregard for the Constitution, linking to his oppression shown to certain social groups such as blacks, Indian tribes and women. This lack of democracy and in many cases, violence, towards the mentioned groups leads me to the overall conclusion that whilst Jackson may have attempted and possibly succeeded in democratising politics, at the same time he failed to democratise American society.
The Modern Presidency What were the key reasons behind FDR being elected the 32th President of the United States? During its year of existence the United States had seen 43 Presidents, governing its citizens created policies with the exception of Barack Obama makes him the 44th President but has not finished his term in office. But nonetheless in 1933 a man with views and a character different than his predecessors won the trust of millions of America in which at a point had no hope. His name was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his willingness to bring the U.S. out of a financial turmoil and establish it as the most powerful nation on the earth was not only admired by Americans citizens but across the world. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) or just known as FDR was the 32nd President of the United States of America (1933-1945).
Nevertheless, Nixon managed to return to politics even after such a major scandal and establish himself as an author, analyst and commentator. President Clinton even acknowledged Nixon’s “wise counsel” on foreign policy. Nixon remained as a politician who would use any methods he could to be competitive and advance his career (Wicker). Surprisingly, it has been noted by many scholars that the public has become desensitized to Watergate. In a report released by a Democratic and Republican pollster, “only 18 percent of Americans surveyed believed that Watergate was worse than other scandals of the last quarter-century” (Polman).
In a lame-duck session after the elections in 1998, Clinton became only the second U.S. president to be impeached; the first was Andrew Johnson. President Clinton finished out his term after being acquitted of any charges. Does holding public office make a good leader? The answer as shown by history is a resounding no, a good leader is one who is motivational, resilient, decisive, ethical and willing to nurture emerging talent. A good leader is one who may have some “dirt” in his/her record but acknowledges his imperfections and continues for the betterment of his organization or mission.
The New Deal and programs created to cure the Great Depression Many economists believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt or FDR was one of the greatest presidents ever elected; thus, his resume does speak for himself. He was the only president to be elected four terms in a row. There are many great things that FDR did for America; however, creating the New Deal was one of the most important things FDR accomplished for our nation. During a time of hardship in America, FDR, with his optimistic way of thinking gave hope to the American people during the Great Depression. The New Deal consisted of many different programs in order to stimulate the economy and provide help to the people.
The Effect of Globalization on Egypt and Japan Egypt’s Transformation Two events in Egypt’s history portray how globalization impacted the Egyptian society. The first was when the former President Gamal Abdel Nassar led the fight and freed Egypt from Britain’s 100 year rule, thus changing Egypt from a colony to an independent nation. Under Nassar’s reign as president from 1956-1970, Egypt's economy flourished. It was at the beginning of Nassar’s time in power that he turned to the United States, Soviet Union and Europe for help with political values and institutional models, such as secular schools, business law and western-style parliamentary government (Schneider & Silverman, 2003, p. 193). After Nassar’s death, the succeeding Egyptian presidents vigorously pursued foreign trade and industry greatly increasing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
A conservative knows that change is the rule of life among societies, but he insists that the past not be forgotten. He is the complete opposite of a liberal such as in he the fact that he can be pessismistic about the possibilities of reform, he chooses stability over change, continuity over experiment, and the past over the future. (Lesson 18) Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt both worked hard to bring the nation out of the great depression. They both instituted many programs and reforms to try and save that nation. Some historians even say that Hoover was the bridge to Roosevelt's new deal policy, however, these two men were very different in their ways of thinking and running the government.
Compare and contrast the work and ideas of two leading political economists Adam Smith (1723-1790) and Karl Marx (1818-1883) are two of the leading political economists of the last few centuries and the work of both has had a profound effect on the world’s political economy since their deaths. This essay will assess any similarities in their work and ideas and perhaps more significantly the distinct differences between them. As Marx came after Smith he was conscious of his work and had studied it, this, however, did not stop their works being profoundly different. Both philosophers believed that they had cracked the science behind the political economy and that their ideas were more than ideologies but planned out structures on how the economy worked. Smith would not have claimed his work was original, however, his main work, The Wealth of Nations contained the ideas of 100s of thinkers before him but what was novel about his work was the extent to which he covered all topics and used their ideas to create his own (Heilbroner, 1953).