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Keynesian Economic Theory And Its Demonstration In The New Deal

        The crash of the stock market brought many hard times.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was a way to fix these times. John
Stuart Mill and John Maynard Keynes were two economists whose economic
theories greatly influenced and helped Franklin D. Roosevelt devise a
plan to rescue the United States from the Great Depression it had
fallen into. John Stuart Mill was a strong believer of expanded
government, which the New Deal provided. John Maynard Keynes believed
in supply and demand, which the New Deal used to stabilize the
economy. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal is the plan that brought the
U.S. out of the Great Depression. It was sometimes thought to be an
improvised plan, but was actually very thought out. Roosevelt was not
afraid to involve the central government in addressing the economic
problem. The basic plan was to stimulate the economy by creating jobs.
First Roosevelt tried to help the economy with the National Recovery
Administration. The NRA spread work and reduced unfair competitive
practices by cooperation in industry. Eventually the NRA was declared
unconstitutional. Franklin D. Roosevelt then needed a new plan.
Keeping the same idea of creating jobs he made many other
organizations devoted to forming jobs and in turn helping the economy.
One of those organizations was the Civilian Conservation Corps. This
corps took men off the streets and paid them to plant forests and
drain swamps. Another of these organizations was the Public Works
Administration. This organization employed men to build highways and
public buildings. These were only some of the organizations dedicated
to creating jobs. Creating jobs was important because it put money in
the hands of the consumer. This directly affected the supply and
demand. The more money they had the more they could spend. This would
slowly start a chain reaction and bring the economy back to the way it
was before the depression. By the end of the...