Live at the National Constitution Center

America’s Most Consequential Elections: From FDR to Reagan

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Michael Gerhardt, author of the new book FDR’s Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness, and Andrew Busch, author of Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right, join Jeffrey Rosen to explore the pivotal elections of 1932 and 1980. They compare the transformative presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, and trace how founding-era debates between Hamilton and Jefferson over the scope of federal and executive power re-emerged during the New Deal and Reagan Revolution. This program originally streamed live on April 16, 2024. 

 

Resources: 

  • Michael J. Gerhardt, FDR’s Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness (2024) 
  • Andrew E. Busch, Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom (2001) 
  • Andrew E. Busch, Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right (2005) 
  • Andrew E. Busch, The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America’s Founding Document (2007) 
  • Friedrich Hayek, “The Road to Serfdom,” Teaching American History (May 21, 2020) 
  • Ronald Reagan, Remarks to Commonwealth Club members on March 4, 1983, Reagan Library (July 19, 2018) 
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Undelivered Address Prepared for Jefferson Day, The American Presidency Project 

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