New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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Day Two will focus on what organizers have described as international success, with sessions on Development, Audience, The New Deal, and strategies for Breaking Into New Markets, equipping filmmakers with the tools to think globally from the outset.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the sweeping social, political, and economic changes brought about by the New Deal, the government has been reshaped through executive action and Supreme Court decisions.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
For more than a century, people have wondered if the city is ungovernable; with the exception of Fiorello La Guardia, who had New Deal money raining down on him, every idealistic leader who has been elected mayor has left City Hall in some way battered by it.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
While associated with left-wing causes such as the Green New Deal, Markey can also talk up his working-class roots.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the sweeping social, political, and economic changes brought about by the New Deal, the government has been reshaped through executive action and Supreme Court decisions.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
For more than a century, people have wondered if the city is ungovernable; with the exception of Fiorello La Guardia, who had New Deal money raining down on him, every idealistic leader who has been elected mayor has left City Hall in some way battered by it.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
While associated with left-wing causes such as the Green New Deal, Markey can also talk up his working-class roots.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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