June Hopkins to present this Friday Sept 25th

Dr. June Hopkins, lead scholar for the "Soul of a People" grant project, will speak on our current economic crisis and President Obama's economic stimulus plan in relation to the Great Depression and FDR's WPA.
Friday, Sept. 25, 12:10 p.m., at Armstrong Atlantic State University's University Hall Room 156. (#14 on the campus map.) We look forward to seeing you there!

WHAT: Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 at 12:10 p.m.
WHERE: University Hall, Room 156
WHO: Dr. June Hopkins, History

On Friday, please join us for the second installation of the 2009-2010
Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series. Dr. Hopkins, associate
professor and chair of the Department of History, will be speaking
about:

“Echoes From the Thirties”

Political analysts have drawn interesting parallels between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the present economic crisis as well as between President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan. Obama seems to be channeling FDR when he calls for governmental action now, suggesting that massive “shovel-ready” public works projects will jump-start a stagnant economy. The Works Progress Administration was Roosevelt’s centerpiece work-relief program. Run by Harry Hopkins, it generated 3 million jobs each year from 1935 to 1942 at a cost of $10.7 billion ($160 billion in present-day dollars). This lecture will examine the important similarities and differences between then and now through the lens of the relief and recovery programs initiated by the Roosevelt Administration.

The Faculty Lectures Series is FREE and open to the public.