• The legacy of the New Del was, more than anything else, a matter of ideological change. Henceforth, nearly everyone would look to the federal government for solutions to problems great and small, real and imagined, personal as well as social.

    Robert Higgs: The legacy of the New Del was, more than anything else, a matter of ideological change.  Henceforth, nearly everyone would look to the federal government for solutions to problems great and small, real and imagined, personal as well as social.