Download or read book Designs within Disorder written by William J. Barber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-12-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More so than had any of his predecessors in the White House, Franklin D. Roosevelt drew heavily on the thinking of economists as he sought to combat the Great Depression, to mobilize the American economy for war, and to chart a new order for the postwar world. Designs within Disorder is an inquiry into the way divergent analytic perspectives competed for official favor and the manner in which the President opted to pick and choose among them when formulating economic policies.