The New Deal, the Great Depression, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were some of the most riveting and controversial topics of the 1930s, and they remain to be controversial to this day. Economists, historians, and political figures all continue to argue on the effects of the three on today’s economy, and most importantly, whether the New Deal ended the Great Depression. While the typical argument of the left is that it did not prolong the Great Depression, many progressives criticize FDR for taking the New Deal far enough and conceding to the right too much, with goals like a balanced budget. And while the common argument of the right is the New Deal did prolong the Great Depression, both the far-left and far-right saw him as a centrist, unwilling…