对于罗斯福新政是否起作用的历史争议现已成为美国国内对当前总体货币及财政政策争议的一个重要部分，尤其针对美联储的量化宽松政策。
Historical arguments over whether FDR’s New Deal worked now form an important part of American debates over current monetary and fiscal policy in general, and the US Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative easing in particular.