Adjustment to the Great Depression in the Large European Economies and the United States

Country Alliance Members Political Regime Policy Regime
United Kingdom Conservatives remained dominant; Labour was divided; no Lib-Lab coalition Democratic continuation of orthodoxy: return to convertibility, deflation, tariffs
Germany State management w/ some bargaining among business and agriculture; direct mobilization of individuals Authoritarian

(totalitarian?)

demand stimulus: public works, government purchasing, full employment, military spending
France Popular Front (1936) w/ labor and agricultural support Democratic demand stimulus: worker rights, wages, devaluation, military spending
United States The Two New Deals: business, labor, and agriculture Democratic demand stimulus: public works, social security, agricultural subsidies, macro-economic policy