Examines the development of the us. Well, first state the way americans have gone about making social provision for themselves. Social provision includes the range of programs at reducing risk or enhancing quality of life. As you know, our focus has on the specific issue of poor relief because relief of poverty seems to present the american system with its most intractable, intractable problem. And im going to depart from our usual format here a little bit. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare. Weve encountered several different persistent themes. A among these are the idea that in the united states, social provision is divided, public and private institutions. Public provide government provides welfare programs. The public like shapes welfare their programing through the tax system on the private end, as discussed,
Range of programs at reducing risk or enhancing quality of life. As you know, our focus has on the specific issue of poor relief because relief of poverty seems to present the american system with its most intractable, intractable problem. And im going to depart from our usual format here a little bit. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare. Weve encountered several different persistent themes. A among these are the idea that in the united states, social provision is divided, public and private institutions. Public provide government provides welfare programs. The public like shapes welfare their programing through the tax system on the private end, as discussed, private entities provide Charity Philanthropy and importantly american employers provide the bulk of social welfare benefits. Another theme is the experimenta
Legacy in living part of our history . A great chicken of the Roosevelt Legacy and of one of my favorite actors, Frances Perkins. Small family, committed family of roosevelts. I am a newbie in this world. I have been welcomed warmly. I appreciate that. But there are a few who have been more dedicated and more thoughtful in their writings about it. Please welcome chris bryson. [applause] thank you. We have all come to count on the new deal safety net to remain secure. Much that hadwhen seemed secure is coming unstuck, we need to remind yourselves of what that new deal legacy is, and how it came about in the first place. Understanding is history is crucial to preserving it. The impact of disregarding our history, the disease we are painfully aware has afflicted us at the highest levels, can seriously undermine the foundations of the new deal , as of other institutions that were created after circumstances that now threatened. We are fortunate to have the grandchildren of the leaders and
Advisers talk about the actions taken in the 1930s and early 1940s bring the country back from the Great Depression. Joining them at the Roosevelt Library and museum in new york was fdrs own grandson, James Roosevelt, junior. Its about an hour and 45 minutes. How do weed at connect whats going on in the world tonight what happened in the roosevelt area. This was one of the ideas that has been vital. How do we make the Roosevelt Legacy in living part of our history . A great champion of the Roosevelt Legacy and of one of my favorite actors, Frances Perkins. I will let chris introduced the rest of the panel. There is a small family, committed family of roosevelts. I am a newbie in this world. I have been welcomed warmly. I appreciate that. But there are a few who have been more dedicated and more thoughtful in their writings about it. Please welcome chris bryson. [applause] thank you. We have all come to count on the new deal safety net to remain secure. But in a time when much that had
The American Conservative Union hosted this multiday conference. Here is author amitys shlays on her book, the author of the Great Depression. Yesterday right here at cpac, President Trump promised that the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. The forgotten men s, said the president , is the heart of this new movement. And this is not the first time President Trump referred to the forgotten men, right . As early as Election Night in his acceptance speech the president mentioned a forgotten man in his inaugural address, President Trump promised the forgotten man, everybody is listening to you now. So President Trump has made the forgotten man his hero, mascot, his meme, right . So im here to talk about who precisely the forgotten man is. In fact in the United States two forgotten men figure in our history and they are not on the same side. Its conflict. Its kind of two forgotten men at odds in a wrestling match of forgotten men. Which man the president cho