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Amity Shlaes

LBJ, The Great Society, Good Intentions & Unintended Consequences
15 Aug 2020

LBJ, The Great Society, Good Intentions & Unintended Consequences

by Garrett Mullet | posted in: History, Politics | 0

What is in a name? As far as programs go, Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Great Society sounds great. It is simple and straightforward. It promises everything. What is there not to love? We have a society. There is no getting around … Continued

Amity Shlaes, Big Government, Great Society, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Socialism, welfare
Book Review: The Forgotten Man, by Amity Shlaes
31 Mar 2020

Book Review: The Forgotten Man, by Amity Shlaes

by Garrett Mullet | posted in: History | 0

Former White House Chief of Staff and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel once told the Wall Street Journal “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things … Continued

Amity Shlaes, Calvin Coolidge, FDR, The Forgotten Man, The Great Depression, The New Deal
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