Title: Brother, can you spare a billion?
Description: Companion to the PBS documentary on the life and work of Houston financier Jesse Jones. As a public official during the Roosevelt administration, he expanded and strengthened the role of the Red Cross, headed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and was instrumental in the implementation of the New Deal and in the country's recovery from the Great Depression. Includes an interview with the producer, video clips, oral histories, a teacher's guide, and interactive map detailing the various local and regional RFC projects Jones sponsored.
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers, Biography, New Deal, 1933-1939, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Places: United States
People: Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)