Keynes developed his theory during the height of the Great Depression. Since that time, the U.S. economy has gone through various recessionary periods, but, thankfully, has not dipped into a depressionary economic state.

Pick a policy that the U.S. government has employed over the past 80 years that is Keynesian-like and that has kept the U.S. economy from falling into a depression. Explain the actual policy, the impact that the policy had on the economy, and whether the policymakers followed through with appropriate Keynesian theory.