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BUSH'S NEW DEAL
Author(s) -
Gorka Katharine Cornell
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01868.x
Subject(s) - progressivism , globe , democracy , unintended consequences , government (linguistics) , promotion (chess) , political science , public administration , private sector , psychological intervention , political economy , development economics , economic growth , economics , law , politics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , ophthalmology
The current US policy of spreading democracy across the globe applies New Deal progressivism to a wider world. Like all government interventions, however, it has unintended consequences and is inefficient. The US should return to a more traditional conception of national security and leave the promotion of democratic principles to the private sector.