{"id":24,"date":"2025-02-08T05:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T05:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevenfenber.skikmedia.nl\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:12:00","slug":"documentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/index.php\/documentations\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD GOVERNMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24\" class=\"elementor elementor-24\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc09d19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc09d19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30ebf54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30ebf54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GOOD GOVERNMENT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701c514 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"701c514\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc35dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cc35dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOCUMENTARY FILM<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48849f2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"48849f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e36fcbf elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e36fcbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3912133 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3912133\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ecfce3 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ecfce3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999f817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"999f817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1242\" alt=\"Brother, can you spare me a billion\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947bf79 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"947bf79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16480fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16480fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brother, Can You Spare A Billion?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf2b7c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcf2b7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Public Broadcasting Service                       <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b5e94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5b5e94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-uFtsdAbKMA&amp;t=10s\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Emmy Award-winning <em>Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?<\/em> narrated by renowned broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite and seen nationally on PBS. The compelling film shows how Jesse Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation saved and expanded the economy during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to win World War II. Renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and others who knew Jones or understood his influence on Houston\u2019s development and the nation\u2019s survival explain his unprecedented role and the RFC\u2019s profound contributions, many of which can be adapted to address today\u2019s daunting challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06489d4 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06489d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fd508 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26fd508\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff9959 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eff9959\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0842cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0842cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brother, Can You Spare A Billion?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2469e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac2469e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Public Broadcasting Service                       <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19befb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c19befb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-uFtsdAbKMA&amp;t=10s\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Emmy Award-winning <em>Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?<\/em> narrated by renowned broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite and seen nationally on PBS. The compelling film shows how Jesse Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation saved and expanded the economy during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to win World War II. Renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and others who knew Jones or understood his influence on Houston\u2019s development and the nation\u2019s survival explain his unprecedented role and the RFC\u2019s profound contributions, many of which can be adapted to address today\u2019s daunting challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4673fa5 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4673fa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35bcc56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35bcc56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1242\" alt=\"Brother, can you spare me a billion\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4734db e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4734db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1207f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1207f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6172b1a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6172b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393847b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"393847b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b7405 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33b7405\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129e031 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"129e031\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c9e87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11c9e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1-5-e1739097418546-r18ygamjdwsoowzzcj1tq2oe2xplv4pws6rq1gemjg.jpg\" title=\"xr:d:DAEunKpLR8U:246,j:2165604084,t:23011822\" alt=\"xr:d:DAEunKpLR8U:246,j:2165604084,t:23011822\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3fdad7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3fdad7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d72bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d72bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30252d3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30252d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texas A&amp;M University Press<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1228cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1228cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next to President Franklin Roosevelt, Jesse Jones was the most powerful person in the nation throughout the Great Depression and World War II. Read in this award-winning book how Jones embraced the power of good government to help develop Houston during the first half of the 20th century; how he organized European battlefield medical aid during World War I; and how the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) under his leadership saved and expanded the economy during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to win World War II.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/#unprecedentedpower\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>SEE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> more about <em>Unprecedented Power.<br \/><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unprecedented-Power-Jesse-Capitalism-Common\/dp\/1623491576\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1591026155&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>BUY<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the book on Amazon.com.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/unprecedented-power\/9200000022377892\/?bltgh=mpyXVhtquXMuH5USAs5FHA.4_8.11.RollupItem\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BUY<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> the book on Bol.com.<\/p><p>\u201cJones\u2019s handling of the RFC\u2019s bewilderingly varied operations\u2026 was certainly the outstanding administrative performance of the Roosevelt period and one of the most skilled in our history\u2026He held the grandiose balance of power politics between Roosevelt and Congress\u2026. Jones was the leash on the Presidential collar.\u201d<br \/><em>New York Times<\/em><br \/>October 21, 1951<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee55ae elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ee55ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-660cb00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"660cb00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da97a10 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da97a10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87eda47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87eda47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750ea85 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"750ea85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texas A&amp;M University Press<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d15a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5d15a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next to President Franklin Roosevelt, Jesse Jones was the most powerful person in the nation throughout the Great Depression and World War II. Read in this award-winning book how Jones embraced the power of good government to help develop Houston during the first half of the 20th century; how he organized European battlefield medical aid during World War I; and how the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) under his leadership saved and expanded the economy during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to win World War II.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/#unprecedentedpower\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>SEE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> more about <em>Unprecedented Power.<br \/><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unprecedented-Power-Jesse-Capitalism-Common\/dp\/1623491576\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1591026155&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>BUY<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the book on Amazon.com.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/unprecedented-power\/9200000022377892\/?bltgh=mpyXVhtquXMuH5USAs5FHA.4_8.11.RollupItem\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BUY<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> the book on Bol.com.<\/p><p>\u201cJones\u2019s handling of the RFC\u2019s bewilderingly varied operations\u2026 was certainly the outstanding administrative performance of the Roosevelt period and one of the most skilled in our history\u2026He held the grandiose balance of power politics between Roosevelt and Congress\u2026. Jones was the leash on the Presidential collar.\u201d<br \/><em>New York Times<\/em><br \/>October 21, 1951<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6ff4b e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe6ff4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f31b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f31b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1-5-e1739097418546-r18ygamjdwsoowzzcj1tq2oe2xplv4pws6rq1gemjg.jpg\" title=\"xr:d:DAEunKpLR8U:246,j:2165604084,t:23011822\" alt=\"xr:d:DAEunKpLR8U:246,j:2165604084,t:23011822\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b78321 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b78321\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5098a8c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5098a8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5404c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5404c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Todays-policymakers-could-learn-a-lot-from-legacy-of-Jesse-Jones.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">World War II Boeing airplane plant      financed by the RFC.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901dafe e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"901dafe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9f3b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c9f3b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Today's Policymakers Could Learn A Lot From Legacy Of Jesse Jones<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d53bd67 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d53bd67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5a0e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5a0e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Todays-policymakers-could-learn-a-lot-from-legacy-of-Jesse-Jones.pdf\">READ<\/a> how through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Jesse Jones used the power of good government to save and expand the United States economy during the Great Depression and showed how government can provide essential services without increasing federal debt or taxes. Through its World War II mobilization, Jones and the RFC also show how government can comprehensively and successfully address global challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d95857 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d95857\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49f00b e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b49f00b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c3eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36c3eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One Of Houston\u2019s Greatest Philanthropists Worked With Government, Not Against It<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acfffa5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acfffa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a8e540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a8e540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> how Jesse Jones embraced the power of good government to build cities and save nations. He raised Houston\u2019s half of the funds to construct the Port of Houston after the federal government agreed to pay half the cost in what was then a unique collaboration. Later\u2014through judicious lending, not spending\u2014as chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Jones showed how the federal government can restore and save nations and make money for the U.S. Treasury and its taxpayers at the same time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1297f8d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1297f8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed3e4cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed3e4cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">RFC Chair Jesse Jones (front) inspecting construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge financed by the RFC.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa5ccea elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa5ccea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe33ad e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebe33ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38e61b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38e61b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-3-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">RFC Chair Jesse Jones (front) inspecting construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge financed by the RFC.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5062c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb5062c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f86d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f86d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One Of Houston\u2019s Greatest Philanthropists Worked With Government, Not Against It<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebbc02d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebbc02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4f11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4f11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fenberg-One-of-Houstons-greatest-philanthropists-worked-with-government-not-against-it-1.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> how Jesse Jones embraced the power of good government to build cities and save nations. He raised Houston\u2019s half of the funds to construct the Port of Houston after the federal government agreed to pay half the cost in what was then a unique collaboration. Later\u2014through judicious lending, not spending\u2014as chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Jones showed how the federal government can restore and save nations and make money for the U.S. Treasury and its taxpayers at the same time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-438bb48 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"438bb48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f302a e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7f302a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8efc423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8efc423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congress Should Resurrect The Depression-Era RFC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ad9bb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81ad9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4993bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4993bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/To-prevent-economic-disaster-Congress-should-resurrect-the-Great-Depression-era-RFC-Opinion.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> how with no new federal debt or taxes, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the Great Depression, built highways, bridges, tunnels and aqueducts throughout the nation; saved thousands of farms, homes, banks and businesses from bankruptcy; financed the development of high-speed trains; brought electricity and appliances to rural areas; and helped people rebuild their lives after natural disasters. A government infrastructure bank modeled on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation can with no new debt or taxes rebuild the nation\u2019s infrastructure and create millions of new jobs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a204f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9a204f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1adfcb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1adfcb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/To-prevent-economic-disaster-Congress-should-resurrect-the-Great-Depression-era-RFC-Opinion.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Cartoon-Jones-vierkant-r92s6p2qinkbu3og9ecye6fpdwpchc1m4hvfbffvk8.png\" title=\"Cartoon Jones vierkant\" alt=\"Cartoon Jones vierkant\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">RFC Chair Jesse Jones was featured in political cartoons, magazines, newspapers and radio broadcasts throughout the nation.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3755404 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3755404\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1719747 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1719747\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8cb69f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8cb69f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/To-prevent-economic-disaster-Congress-should-resurrect-the-Great-Depression-era-RFC-Opinion.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Cartoon-Jones-vierkant-r92s6p2qinkbu3og9ecye6fpdwpchc1m4hvfbffvk8.png\" title=\"Cartoon Jones vierkant\" alt=\"Cartoon Jones vierkant\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">RFC Chair Jesse Jones was featured in political cartoons, magazines, newspapers and radio broadcasts throughout the nation.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8c015 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b8c015\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e5a440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e5a440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congress Should Resurrect The Depression-Era RFC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aaef21 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6aaef21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ce78e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42ce78e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/To-prevent-economic-disaster-Congress-should-resurrect-the-Great-Depression-era-RFC-Opinion.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> how with no new federal debt or taxes, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the Great Depression, built highways, bridges, tunnels and aqueducts throughout the nation; saved thousands of farms, homes, banks and businesses from bankruptcy; financed the development of high-speed trains; brought electricity and appliances to rural areas; and helped people rebuild their lives after natural disasters. A government infrastructure bank modeled on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation can with no new debt or taxes rebuild the nation\u2019s infrastructure and create millions of new jobs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65057d8 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"65057d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0ee0d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a0ee0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4d8b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4d8b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Toxic Tour of Texas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-928745d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"928745d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Steven Fenberg and photographer Sharon Stewart embarked on the <em>Toxic Tour of Texas<\/em> to document the challenges and successes Texas grassroots activists had changing the hazardous waste practices of industry and government. Stewart expanded the <em>Tour<\/em> and through her diligence it was used in legislative testimony and exhibited at the Texas State Capitol, the General Land Office and in galleries, libraries and museums across the state and nation. The <em>Tour<\/em> was featured as cover stories in the <em>Houston Post, Houston Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Texas Observer <\/em>and<em> Z Magazine<\/em>. The <em>Toxic Tour of Texas<\/em> is now part of the Water in the West Project and Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, and continues to be published, collected and exhibited.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharonstewartphotography.net\/portfolios\/toxic-tour-of-texas\/?imageId=0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>SEE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Sharon Stewart&#8217;s website for more of the tour.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e17f8f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e17f8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc616e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc616e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">160-acre uranium mill tailings pond with six million tons of radioactive and chemical waste near Pana Maria, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08d09a9 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"08d09a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591c866 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"591c866\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc1a866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc1a866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">160-acre uranium mill tailings pond with six million tons of radioactive and chemical waste near Pana Maria, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c6e4f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71c6e4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db863f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db863f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Toxic Tour of Texas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a3603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1a3603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Steven Fenberg and photographer Sharon Stewart embarked on the <em>Toxic Tour of Texas<\/em> to document the challenges and successes Texas grassroots activists had changing the hazardous waste practices of industry and government. Stewart expanded the <em>Tour<\/em> and through her diligence it was used in legislative testimony and exhibited at the Texas State Capitol, the General Land Office and in galleries, libraries and museums across the state and nation. The <em>Tour<\/em> was featured as cover stories in the <em>Houston Post, Houston Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Texas Observer <\/em>and<em> Z Magazine<\/em>. The <em>Toxic Tour of Texas<\/em> is now part of the Water in the West Project and Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, and continues to be published, collected and exhibited.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharonstewartphotography.net\/portfolios\/toxic-tour-of-texas\/?imageId=0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>SEE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Sharon Stewart&#8217;s website for more of the tour.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4efde10 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4efde10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba955b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba955b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTERVIEWS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6b6e8a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a6b6e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05baf84 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05baf84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3338ff8 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3338ff8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae7d49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eae7d49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75cb676 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75cb676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Houston           -\n\nHobby School of Public Affairs <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d6615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88d6615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7_DcpYT0tD0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> an interview with University of Houston\u2019s Dean Jim Granato, who explores with Fenberg Jesse Jones\u2019s early life and how Jones would lead the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation to save and expand the U.S. economy during the Great Depression and transform industry in time to fight and win World War II. They also discuss how those successful strategies from the past can be adapted to address today\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2818b32 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2818b32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac49ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac49ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3156\" alt=\"The Hobby Hour\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72afe1d elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72afe1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e665c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59e665c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6a3e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6a3e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3156\" alt=\"The Hobby Hour\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-2.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0f0fe e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba0f0fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d873102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d873102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6f509 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b6f509\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Houston           -\n\nHobby School of Public Affairs <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c93ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c93ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7_DcpYT0tD0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> an interview with University of Houston\u2019s Dean Jim Granato, who explores with Fenberg Jesse Jones\u2019s early life and how Jones would lead the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation to save and expand the U.S. economy during the Great Depression and transform industry in time to fight and win World War II. They also discuss how those successful strategies from the past can be adapted to address today\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af38c30 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af38c30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06f2fa1 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06f2fa1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06672f5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06672f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones and Good Government<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d7f06 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35d7f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Public Media<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82120e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82120e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2025\/03\/13\/516091\/a-very-different-time-an-unelected-citizen-overhauled-the-government-houstons-jesse-h-jones\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to Michael Hagerty interview Steven Fenberg on Houston Public Radio about the differences between good government during the Great Depression and today.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608c017 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"608c017\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a37461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a37461\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3161\" alt=\"Houston Matters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e83220 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e83220\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e42c0ce e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e42c0ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-133a5ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"133a5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3161\" alt=\"Houston Matters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-3.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08bed8d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08bed8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e81383 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e81383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones and Good Government<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3260522 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3260522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Public Media<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70d0f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a70d0f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2025\/03\/13\/516091\/a-very-different-time-an-unelected-citizen-overhauled-the-government-houstons-jesse-h-jones\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to Michael Hagerty interview Steven Fenberg on Houston Public Radio about the differences between good government during the Great Depression and today.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc3f291 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc3f291\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f32ca e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18f32ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e0c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31e0c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Infrastructure Bank Needed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48430aa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48430aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COBOUW<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb8b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdb8b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202212-National-Infrastructure-bank-ENG.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> an interview by Dutch journalist Edo Beerda, who talks with Steven Fenberg and his colleague Alphecca Mutardy\u2014a former International Monetary Fund economist\u2014about the history and potential of a national infrastructure bank from a Dutch perspective.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2022012-Cobouw-infrastructuurbank-voor-Amerikaanse-infra-NL.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the Dutch version.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000957f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"000957f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a002785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a002785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022012-Cobouw-infrastructuurbank-voor-Amerikaanse-infra-.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden (left) inspecting a collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a95beb elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a95beb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5586ff2 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5586ff2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eecc11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5eecc11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022012-Cobouw-infrastructuurbank-voor-Amerikaanse-infra-.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden (left) inspecting a collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccef69c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccef69c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da66b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5da66b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Infrastructure Bank Needed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43df29a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43df29a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COBOUW<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81dfbb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81dfbb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202212-National-Infrastructure-bank-ENG.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> an interview by Dutch journalist Edo Beerda, who talks with Steven Fenberg and his colleague Alphecca Mutardy\u2014a former International Monetary Fund economist\u2014about the history and potential of a national infrastructure bank from a Dutch perspective.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2022012-Cobouw-infrastructuurbank-voor-Amerikaanse-infra-NL.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the Dutch version.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a631591 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a631591\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1470b0 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1470b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-836ed5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"836ed5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27fc6f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a27fc6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CSPAN Book-TV  <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a998f7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a998f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/book-tv\/unprecedented-power\/263242\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><u>WATCH<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg talk about <em>Unprecedented Power<\/em> in a televised interview at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b79c66 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b79c66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614f99a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"614f99a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022012-Cobouw-infrastructuurbank-voor-Amerikaanse-infra-.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4027\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16.png 1440w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Steven Fenberg being interviewed during the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8e48c6 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d8e48c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c0ed7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18c0ed7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f3ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77f3ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022012-Cobouw-infrastructuurbank-voor-Amerikaanse-infra-.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4027\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16.png 1440w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fotos-website-16-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Steven Fenberg being interviewed during the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c905000 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c905000\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b94c515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b94c515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639fba2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"639fba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CSPAN Book-TV  <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c471363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c471363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/book-tv\/unprecedented-power\/263242\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><u>WATCH<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg talk about <em>Unprecedented Power<\/em> in a televised interview at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abcf294 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abcf294\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369faa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"369faa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRESENTATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a967b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"40a967b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4ea84 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f4ea84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-613cab5 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"613cab5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67812bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67812bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Renew President Franklin Roosevelt\u2019s Triumphant National Infrastructure Bank<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db06a3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3db06a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e60f452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e60f452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=87hqfpVrn3w&amp;start=160\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a> Steven Fenberg describe how with lending, not spending, the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation saved and expanded the U.S. economy during the Great Depression, and then shifted its focus from economic development to global defense in time to build the world\u2019s arsenal of democracy to fight and win World War II. Steven Fenberg answers audience questions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=87hqfpVrn3w&amp;amp&amp;start=2000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>33:20<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. (The audio remains but the frame freezes at 7:36 and resumes at 8:39.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c904ecb e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c904ecb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e213ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e213ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/74773.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2465\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A 1930s Rural Electrification\t\t Administration poster promoting electricity when only 20% of rural residents had power.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b918ca elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b918ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe38230 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe38230\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a2c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4a2c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/74773.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2465\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A 1930s Rural Electrification\t\t Administration poster promoting electricity when only 20% of rural residents had power.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d764952 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d764952\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3dfe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e3dfe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Renew President Franklin Roosevelt\u2019s Triumphant National Infrastructure Bank<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1ed30 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e1ed30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f1ee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50f1ee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=87hqfpVrn3w&amp;start=160\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a> Steven Fenberg describe how with lending, not spending, the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation saved and expanded the U.S. economy during the Great Depression, and then shifted its focus from economic development to global defense in time to build the world\u2019s arsenal of democracy to fight and win World War II. Steven Fenberg answers audience questions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=87hqfpVrn3w&amp;amp&amp;start=2000\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>33:20<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. (The audio remains but the frame freezes at 7:36 and resumes at 8:39.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce0b482 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce0b482\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2650c17 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2650c17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c66ea52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c66ea52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Veterans Day, The RFC and FDR\u2019s WWII Economic Mobilization<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c957b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c957b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fb031c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fb031c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hN441OjYVvE&amp;t=134s&amp;start=166\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg describe how eighteen months before the Pearl Harbor attacks the Reconstruction Finance Corporation began to proactively build massive factories and lease them to corporations to manufacture the planes, tanks, trucks and ships required to fight and win World War II. See how a similar agency today can rebuild dilapidated infrastructure, fortify the electric grid, expand broadband access, respond to more frequent intense weather events and more. Before the RFC\u2019s intervention, the United States military ranked 17th in the world. Within months it became the arsenal of democracy. Steven Fenberg answers questions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hN441OjYVvE&amp;amp;t=134s&amp;amp&amp;start=2482\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>41:22<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05c533 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d05c533\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3848b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3848b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3091\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed.jpg 604w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Susan Vaughn Clayton and Mary Gibbs Jones (right) sell war bonds during World War II to their husbands Will Clayton and Jesse Jones.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb6949a elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb6949a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bca9cd e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bca9cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c68c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33c68c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3091\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed.jpg 604w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Susan Vaughn Clayton and Mary Gibbs Jones (right) sell war bonds during World War II to their husbands Will Clayton and Jesse Jones.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c543c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72c543c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e31fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46e31fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Veterans Day, The RFC and FDR\u2019s WWII Economic Mobilization<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9baab elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c9baab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa9aa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6aa9aa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hN441OjYVvE&amp;t=134s&amp;start=166\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg describe how eighteen months before the Pearl Harbor attacks the Reconstruction Finance Corporation began to proactively build massive factories and lease them to corporations to manufacture the planes, tanks, trucks and ships required to fight and win World War II. See how a similar agency today can rebuild dilapidated infrastructure, fortify the electric grid, expand broadband access, respond to more frequent intense weather events and more. Before the RFC\u2019s intervention, the United States military ranked 17th in the world. Within months it became the arsenal of democracy. Steven Fenberg answers questions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hN441OjYVvE&amp;amp;t=134s&amp;amp&amp;start=2482\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>41:22<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4c03b elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d4c03b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c396515 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c396515\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892108c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"892108c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing to Fear: What the Biden Administration Must Learn from FDR\u2019s first 100 Days<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcfbef2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcfbef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e9c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e9c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y8G16mYzg0g&amp;t=1s&amp;start=391\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg describe how monumental successes from the past can be adapted for strategies today. Fenberg is joined by professor of history Dr. June Hopkins, who is the granddaughter of esteemed New Deal administrator Harry Hopkins, and former International Monetary Fund macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy. They discuss how a new infrastructure bank modeled on the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation can build and pay for crucially needed infrastructure today. The presentation about the power of good government was made the day after the January 6 assault on the nation\u2019s Capitol.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1ca02 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b1ca02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0397b98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0397b98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772e6d3 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"772e6d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fec534 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fec534\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb4be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bb4be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-4.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c82690e e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c82690e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1069475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1069475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing to Fear: What the Biden Administration Must Learn from FDR\u2019s first 100 Days<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa938a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fa938a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a5fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51a5fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y8G16mYzg0g&amp;t=1s&amp;start=391\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg describe how monumental successes from the past can be adapted for strategies today. Fenberg is joined by professor of history Dr. June Hopkins, who is the granddaughter of esteemed New Deal administrator Harry Hopkins, and former International Monetary Fund macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy. They discuss how a new infrastructure bank modeled on the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation can build and pay for crucially needed infrastructure today. The presentation about the power of good government was made the day after the January 6 assault on the nation\u2019s Capitol.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4af7fa elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4af7fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22a703 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c22a703\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189e6c7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"189e6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2020 Will Unite the Nation \u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea7e12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ea7e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bb1fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83bb1fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eI9e8-Sp7pw&amp;start=21\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg during this panel discussion describe how the Reconstruction Finance Corporation interventions and contributions were embraced by Republicans, Democrats, conservatives and liberals. Steven Fenberg answers questions from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eI9e8-Sp7pw&amp;amp&amp;start=2464\">41:04<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f1a7d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50f1a7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686b26f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"686b26f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3169\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7260c37 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7260c37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162ac9d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"162ac9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de2a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1de2a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3169\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-5.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83dfdd8 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83dfdd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4be49b7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4be49b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2020 Will Unite the Nation \u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79190b6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79190b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8201a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8201a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eI9e8-Sp7pw&amp;start=21\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg during this panel discussion describe how the Reconstruction Finance Corporation interventions and contributions were embraced by Republicans, Democrats, conservatives and liberals. Steven Fenberg answers questions from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eI9e8-Sp7pw&amp;amp&amp;start=2464\">41:04<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7e8c2 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc7e8c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b69bc0 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b69bc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac6efd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ac6efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speech to the U.S. Department of the Treasury <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b30581e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b30581e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Unprecedented-Power-with-Steven-Fenberg.mp4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> Undersecretary Timothy Massad introduce Steven Fenberg to the U. S. Department of the Treasury staff before he speaks about the Depression-era bank rescue effort of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The effort was successfully duplicated in 2008 by the Treasury Department and called the Troubled Asset Relief Program, also known as TARP.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376d0b7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"376d0b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aebecf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aebecf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3170\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efe5a44 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efe5a44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011ac4c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"011ac4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a300e1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a300e1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3170\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-6.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9772638 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9772638\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100af2d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"100af2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speech to the U.S. Department of the Treasury <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c061e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c061e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Unprecedented-Power-with-Steven-Fenberg.mp4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> Undersecretary Timothy Massad introduce Steven Fenberg to the U. S. Department of the Treasury staff before he speaks about the Depression-era bank rescue effort of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The effort was successfully duplicated in 2008 by the Treasury Department and called the Troubled Asset Relief Program, also known as TARP.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOOD GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY FILM Brother, Can You Spare A Billion? 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