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New Deal

The New Deal was a set of U.S. government programs in the 1930s aimed at relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.

It expanded public works, created Social Security, and increased financial regulation, reflecting Keynesian-style government intervention. It permanently enlarged the federal government's role in the economy.

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