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Uncommon Knowledge: Amity Shlaes

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Amity Shlaes Discusses 'The Forgotten Man'

03 min 20 sec

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Amity Shlaes discusses the "forgotten man," the debatable concept from the Great Depression of the "American who was not thought of."

The forgotten man may be the taxpayer, the liberal policy maker, or the recipient of financial aid.
Herbert Hoover's Influence on the New Deal

02 min 52 sec

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Amity Shlaes and Peter Robinson discuss the influence of Herbert Hoover's policies over FDR and the New Deal and whether it was "new" at all.

Shlaes claims FDR's progressiveness was more aggressive for its time. Shlaes says FDR "used the excuse of the emergency of the Depression to expand the Federal government."
Amity Shlaes - Should We Put the New Deal Behind Us?

04 min 10 sec

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Assuming the New Deal did not work, Peter Robinson asks Amity Shlaes if we will ever be able to put it behind us. Shlaes believes that earmarks and social security are descendants of the New Deal.

Shlaes states, "only a permanent Katrina" or economic disaster, "can make the vision of the New Deal hold forever."
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hogbeast

Posted: 11.24.08, 10:56 AM

What do you mean? There are statements backed by citations all over her book that illustrate specifics.

warmjets

Posted: 10.05.08, 02:29 PM

Ms. Shlaes does not provided anything in the way of specifics to illustrate her contention that the New Deal "didn't work". This is not surprising considering that she has no formal economic training or experience -- all she does is assert that the New Dealers were "bullying" the "little guy".