147. Book Review: Why The New Deal Matters with author Dr. Eric Rauchway

<p>Dr. Eric Rauchway is author of <a href='https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300252002/why-new-deal-matters'>Why The New Deal Matters</a>, which provides a look at how the New Deal fundamentally changed American life, and why it remains relevant today.</p> <p>Dr. Rauchway is a distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, and has written six books of U.S. history and a novel. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, Time, and other publications. He holds a PhD from Stanford, an MA from Oxford, and a bachelor's degree from Cornell.</p> <p>In this conversation, we discuss:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Why he wanted to write this book;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What the world looked like as President Franklin Roosevelt came into office in 1933;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What was the New Deal; and</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Why so many Americans are unaware of the successes of the New Deal.</li> </ul> <p>Buy <a href='https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300252002/why-new-deal-matters'>Why The New Deal Matters</a> at: <a href='https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300252002/why-new-deal-matters'>https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300252002/why-new-deal-matters</a> </p> <p>You can learn more about Dr. Rauchway’s work at: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='http://www.ericrauchway.com/'>http://www.ericrauchway.com/</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://twitter.com/rauchway'>https://twitter.com/rauchway</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://history.ucdavis.edu/people/rauchway'>https://history.ucdavis.edu/people/rauchway</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>About Empathy Media Lab</p> <p>The Harmony of Interest series explores ideas that positively shape our world. </p> <p>Empathy Media Lab is produced by <a href='https://twitter.com/EvanMatthewPapp'>Evan Matthew Papp</a> and we are a proud member of the<a href='https://w