Working class heroes, continued

Brad DeLong takes a longer look at the Hoover-labor-Great-Depression thesis

Published August 30, 2009 4:30AM (EDT)

Brad DeLong quotes Marianne Faithfull, me, and amplifies considerably on his own response to my query about the impact of Herbert Hoover's "pro-labor stance" on the Great Depression in "Herbert Hoover: A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be."


By Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21.

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