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The American Family Robinson was a radio soap opera but, unlike its competitors, championed an anti-New Deal agenda and promoted free markets, private property, and self-reliance, reflecting the agenda of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Through its front group, the National Industrial Council, NAM created the show to counter public support for the New Deal, promoting entrepreneurship and limited government. Set in the fictional town of Centerville, the series followed Luke Robinson, a newspaper editor, his wife Myra, their daughter Betty, and son-in-law Dick Collins, with Luke often extolling the virtues of thrift and property rights in a style reminiscent of later fictional patriarchs like Judge Hardy.

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