The collection of political and economic policies and programs promulgated by the first two administrations of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The New Deal policies were aimed at combating the economic miseries of the Great Depression.
The Social Security Act, a cornerstone of the federal retirement plan enacted by Congress in 1935, was designed to create a system where the current working generation finances the retirement of older workers. This program was a response to the socioeconomic challenges posed by the Great Depression.
