The President and the Oligarch Roosevelt, Mellon, and the Triumph of Big Government

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Title: The President and the Oligarch Roosevelt, Mellon, and the Triumph of Big Government
Author: Greg Steinmetz
Category: History, Political, 20th Century
Language: English | 536 str. Pages | ISBN: 1668023695​

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Why did one of our greatest presidents ruthlessly persecute one of the richest men in America?
By any measure, Franklin D. Roosevelt is one our most admired presidents. But behind the beaming smile and folksy fireside chats was a ruthless politician willing to use the massive powers of the federal government to crush his enemies. In this thrilling exposé, Greg Steinmetz recounts how FDR targeted America's third-richest man to prove his progressive credentials and rally support for his sweeping social agenda.

He found his scapegoat in former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. Mellon's name dripped riches. More than any other, it symbolized the Roaring Twenties economic boom and the crack up that followed. FDR publicly blamed Mellon for the Great Depression, using him as a convenient diversion from the New Deal's failure to bring jobs back to a devastated economy.

Roosevelt tortured the aging, frail and reclusive Mellon, cooking up a fake criminal...

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