He proclaims that the New Deal helped a diverse range of people, from the working-class to the elderly. Leuchtenburg highlights the changes that the New Deal brought to workers’ conditions, he declares that before the New Deal ‘employers hired and fired and imposed punishments’ as the employer had complete control over the employee, they could easily fire them which meant that they would no longer be able to create an income to support their families. People were extremely lucky to have a job during the Great Depression because thousands of businesses were shut down in response to the hard economic conditions, as no one could afford to purchase things. This meant that people had to endure stressful situations in order to keep their jobs,
