Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal transformed America between 1933 and 1938.  FDR’s defenders always credit him with having saved capitalism, while detractors argue the New Deal was an authoritarian program. A fascinating reassessment of his legacy.

Guests: 

Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. Author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of our Time (W.W. Norton)

David Runciman, Professor from the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University