Free the Economy podcast: FDR’s political legacy with David Beito
In this week’s episode we talk about communist housing policy in New York City, the best economics and history books to read in 2026, a legal setback for unions in California and New York, and the hottest gadgets from CES in Las Vegas. Our guest this week is University of Alabama historian David Beito. We’ll talk about the New Deal, World War II, court packing, civil liberties, and his recent book, FDR: A New Political Life. You can watch the video version of our conversation here.
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