Many smart people argue that the New Deal prolonged the Great Depression due to the government's incessant meddling in the market with price controls and new regulations.
Maybe nobody who is all of honest, aware of the relevant documented facts, and sufficiently intelligent does. Maybe.
But there are certainly people who are smart, people who are honest, and even people who are smart and honest that believe that the New Deal exacerbated the Depression in the way described.
(Note that I very much do not endorse the idea that these beliefs are correct.)
