The New Deal and the Great Depression

Dapane: The great depression didn't directly change the role of government. But franklin roosevelt's administration did make life more secure and less risky, he says. Dapane: Social scurity act as an obvious example made old age less risky. New deal put in place something called the federal housing authority, which exists to this day,. So across the board, you can go through all kinds of sectors off american life, old age, unemployment, housing policy, banking policy, stock exchanges.