A Brief History of Public Policy since the New Deal

Today’s policy environment is filled with difficult and important issues. Taxes and spending, the future of Social Security, poverty, immigration, the environment, education, and religious liberty are only a few. To understand these issues going into the future, it is important to understand how these issues originated and developed. This book offers a brief history of domestic public policy since the New Deal, focusing on both the substance of policy and several key concepts.