Another Battle of Polar Opposites: The guys before the icons

[Deus Naturae]

Hoover hardly believed that the government should "stay out":

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Hoover did not "dabble" in economic interventionism - his response to the 1929 crash was by far the most aggressive response to any downturn in US history up to that point, and he laid the foundation for the New Deal with his program of massive public works spending, farm subsidies, wage controls, government loans, and tax hikes.