how did the government help during the great depression
No. 25 â¢ September 2005 The Government and the Great Depression by Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy, Cato Institute The economic policies of the 1930s are a continuing source of myth and confusion.olicy blunders by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Herbert Hoover and Roosevelt battered the economy on many fronts. The events of the 1930s influence economic policymaking today. Many people think that we need a big government to prevent, or to reverse, recessions.