Roosevelt's New Deal programs were launched with the best of intentions—to rescue Americans from Depression-era hardship. The government promised security through public works, welfare programs, and new federal agencies. But somewhere between good intentions and actual results, something went wrong. The bureaucracy expanded, costs ballooned, and dependency deepened. Milton Friedman explains how we willingly surrendered power to government in exchange for promised security, and why that bargain h

Did the New Deal bring the United States out of the Great Depression? George Selgin, author of "False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947," argues FDR's programs were counterproductive and impeded recovery. Watch his full book talk this Sunday at 8 PM ET on C-SPAN 2 BookTV. Watch the full program online here: https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/false-dawn/666290 | BookTV