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Need To Know | In Perspective: Jon Meacham on America's regulatory history | PBS

Duration: 02:24
Program: Need to Know #203
Broadcast Date: Sep. 30, 2011

Jon Meacham examines the effect that programs initiated by FDR and LBJ continue to have on Americans, despite unawareness of the role government plays in our everyday lives.

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Post Date: September 30, 2011