I don't think that FDR was anything more than a remedy; he was part of the aristocracy that has been at the root of every problem in this country since 1776. He was merely Huey Long Lite; the original had to be killed because his ideas were too radical. It is flat out ignored in US history how close this country was to a revolution during the Great Depression.
Of course we don't have those any more, and 'recessions' end as soon as the Wall Street crowd starts getting richer. I find it fitting that an early American pirate had a mansion on Wall Street. And Obama is surely nothing more than a Jimmy Carter like transition president, to another era of the working Americans being screwed over by Republican thieves and liars like Reagan, Bush squared, and Clinton. Or Bush to the 4th, if you prefer.