'The FDR Economic Recovery: Precedent and Practice'

In March of 2001, Lyndon LaRouche delivered this keynote address to an EIR seminar in Berlin, Germany addressing the perspectives for recovery from the ongoing worldwide financial and monetary breakdown crisis. The one-day conference, which gathered over 100 policymakers, diplomats, institutional representatives, and press, centered on the theme, “America: From Economic Miracle to Nightmare: How To Overcome the Financial and Economic Crisis.”

LaRouche sharply contrasted the American intellectual tradition, typified by Hamilton, Lincoln and FDR with what he termed the "American Tories" peddling British-style "free trade" and globalization. LaRouche's historical overview of this battle for the General Welfare going back to the 15th century is essential study for all those seriously interested in understanding what became the American System of Political Economy.