The Origins of the National Recovery Administration : Business, Government, and the Trade Association Issue, 1921-1933

This book explores the background of the NRA, the most important economic measure of the first hundred days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. It also is the history of the business community's efforts during the 1920s and '30s to emasculate the federal policy of maintaining a competitive enterprise system. This book explores the background of the NRA, the most important economic measure of the first hundred days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. It is also the history of the business community's efforts during the 1920s and '30s to emasculate the federal policy of maintaining a competitive enterprise system.