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This is a good article on the real New Deal, which was more like Elizabeth Warren than Bernie Sanders. One thing should be noted about FDR's "tacking to the center" after 1936, however 1/ nytimes.com/2019/06/21/opi… 
Namely, it was a disaster. FDR cut back sharply on public employment programs, raised taxes, and tried to balance the budget -- and the result was the "second depression" of 1937, which badly hurt his ability to continue with reform 2/
If a Democrat does win next year, she or he will have to fight hard against fiscal scolds, who tend to be oddly silent when the GOP cuts taxes, but spend a lot of time demanding that Democrats abandon their agenda 3/
