Talk:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I have placed a dispute on the neutrality of this article:
This article is somewhat insufficient in coverage of the positive side of the effects of FDR's New Deal policies. It merely states that "the popular belief" is that the New Deal "cured the Depression" and then launches immediately into criticisms. It attacks, for example, the New Deal's association with Keynesianism without any mention of what Keynesianism is and why it might have been presumed to be connected with the New Deal in the first place. Further, it has no explanation for the popularity of FDR during his 1932 and 1936 elections, in contrast to the article on Ronald Reagan; merely perfunctorily stating the overwhelming majorities which he won. The article's statement that "industrial production" did not recover to 1929 levels until the outbreak of World War II is rather selective; GNP recovered above 1929 levels in 1937 and again after 1939. Overall, the article is somewhat unsatisfactory and has poor coverage in certain areas.
-Guest