"A new history of the New Deal's economic recovery efforts-and why they failed to delivery on their promises. FDR's New Deal policies have long enjoyed a special place in the history of American policy and society-not just because many of them lastingly redefined the Federal government's...

James Watt’s 1769 patent is widely supposed to have stood in the way of the development of high-pressure steam technology until it finally expired in 1800. We dispute this popular claim. We show that although it is true that high-pressure steam technology developed only after the expiration of...