Answer:
Higgs's argument is stronger because Folsom's primary arguments involved quotes. Quotes can be unreliable, especially if chosen with bias from a selected group of people. Beyond that, quotes from people that lived in the moment are often short-sighted and don't understand long term effects. While Folsom does also source historians, he focuses a lot on Roosevelt's interest spending and believes that the money that went back to the American people actually prolonged suffering. Higgs, however, focuses on the short and long-term effects of the New Deal and uses a lot of data to prove his point. While he does have quotes, he doesn't rely on them to make or break his argument, unlike Folsom. Higgs is also able to understand some of the negatives of the New Deal, unlike Folsom who did not pay any attention to the other side of the issue.
Explanation:
This is for part two of the question.
Many of the concerns raised by anti-federalists were about giving the government too much centralized power, as well as its lack of protections of the rights of citizens (which were laid out in the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments)
When President Truman took a hard line against striking workers in the years immediately following World War II, he:
"had little understanding of the plight of laborers in the post-war years."
During the first months of his administration, he became involved in a struggle between coal miners and railroad workers. It took several meetings, and fierce arguments, to get them to agree, and end the strike.
