Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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group of academics informal advisory group political advisory group

The Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt was an informal group of academic advisers who helped shape Roosevelt’s New Deal policies during his 1932 presidential campaign and early presidency.

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Label	Occurrences
Black Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt	1
Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of academics ⓘ informal advisory group ⓘ political advisory group ⓘ
activeDuring	1932 United States presidential campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ early presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
advisedOn	agricultural policy ⓘ banking reform ⓘ economic policy ⓘ regulation of business ⓘ social welfare policy ⓘ
aimedTo	combat the Great Depression ⓘ reform American capitalism ⓘ
appliesTo	Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	academics ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	group of academic advisers who helped shape New Deal policies ⓘ
field	economics ⓘ law ⓘ public policy ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	informal structure ⓘ policy innovation focus ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	inner circle of policy advisers ⓘ
helpedDevelop	Agricultural Adjustment Act NERFINISHED ⓘ National Industrial Recovery Act NERFINISHED ⓘ banking and financial reforms ⓘ
ideology	interventionist economic policy ⓘ progressivism ⓘ
inContextOf	Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	First New Deal NERFINISHED ⓘ New Deal NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Progressive Era reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaLabel	"Brain Trust" NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	concept of a "brain trust" ⓘ
notableMember	Adolf A. Berle Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Basil O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Frankfurter NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Moley NERFINISHED ⓘ Rexford G. Tugwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel I. Rosenman NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	advisory body to Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
startTime	1932 ⓘ

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Rexford G. Tugwell → partOf → Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ

Mary McLeod Bethune → memberOf → Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt