The New Dealers certainly made dramatic changes, but they were not radicals deeply opposed to capitalism or the vitality of the market economy. Rather, as this book argues, they were reformers deeply interested in solving capitalism's problems. To be sure, the many different New Deal programs were at times contradictory, and at times New Deal supporters themselves were forced to come up with improvised solutions. The New Deal, however, possessed a coherent internal logic. It was, on the one hand, a full-fledged attempt to respond to the economic crisis of the Great Depression and, on the other, a political project of the Democratic Party, led by FDR. To understand the nature and consequences of the New Deal response to the Great Depression, it is essential to understand the nature and consequences of the Great Depression itself.” (Page. 2 –