Question

During the Great Depression did FDR help the economy?

Can't decide, since he did try

Answer 1

I think he did help the economy. His public works projects employed many people and also improved our infrastructure. The government also subsidized writers whose books were used as references for at least two generations.

Answer 2

''President Roosevelt believed that excessive competition was responsible for the Depression by reducing prices and wages, and by extension reducing employment and demand for goods and services,''
''So he came up with a recovery package that would be unimaginable today, allowing businesses in every industry to collude without the threat of antitrust prosecution and workers to demand salaries about 25 percent above where they ought to have been, given market forces. The economy was poised for a beautiful recovery, but that recovery was stalled by these misguided policies."

-this states that FDR made it worst

Answer 3

As you've discovered, Roosevelt's policies, as are all political actions, was and still is controversial.

Read widely and make your own decision.