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Listen Whose economic theory influenced FDR's New Deal programs and help guide us though the Great Depression? Adam Smith Ronald Reagan John Maynard Keynes Fredick Hayek

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The New Deal was a series of programs and policies implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. The economic theory that influenced the New Deal was Keynesian economics, which advocates for government intervention in the economy to manage aggregate demand and stimulate economic growth. Among the economists listed, John Maynard Keynes was the one who developed this theory. Adam Smith is known for his work "The Wealth of Nations" and is considered the father of modern economics, but his ideas are more aligned with classical economics. Ronald Reagan was a U.S. president and not an economist. Frederick Hayek was an economist who advocated for free-market capitalism, which is different from the Keynesian approach.