Ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that franklin d. Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Lets examine roosevelts presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 9 had brought the worst conditions the country had experienced since the civil war. Herbert hoover seemed incapable of leading the way out of it despite some moderate attempts to do so. The suffering was widespread with approximately one quarter of the workforce unemployed and others having to take substantial pay cuts. The c
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Think about, you know, possible strategies for moving forward. There is one piece of good news that ill mention, that in the recent appropriations package to talk about threats to Global Health could not be more timely. I am pleased to convene the meeting. Welcome to the council on Foreign Relations meeting. I am frances townsend, the executive Vice President of Worldwide Affairs at mcandrews inc. And i will be presiding over todays discussion. I will have the privilege of leading the conversation for 30 minutes, then i will open it up to questions and answers. We will end at 1 30 p. M. These gentlemen are very busy, as you can imagine, dealing with the coronavirus. By looking back , emergingast decade Infectious Diseases played a recurring and ominous theme, be it ebola, the zika virus, and now the novel coronavirus. The threat is not dissipating. When it comes to nondisease natural disasters the stafford act provides funds to enable Immediate Response by and by comparison there are s
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