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Bloomberg correspondent and author Amity Shlaes talked about her biography of the 30th President of the United States, Coolidge, in which she traces the life of Calvin Coolidge from his earl…

Amity Shlaes talked about her life and career. She also responded to viewer calls, emails, and tweets. She spoke about topics such as taxes, U.S. fiscal policy, and Depression-era presidents…

Political pollster Scott Rasmussen and strategist Doug Schoen detail the rise of the tea party movement and argue that it is changing politics in America by introducing what may be the first…

Amity Shlaes was interviewed about her book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, published by HarperCollins. In her book the author re-examines the financial history of…

Amity Shlaes talked about themes laid out in The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (Harper Perennial; May 27, 2008), her book relating to the economic policies of FDR’s “N…

Ms. Shlaes compared campaign politics during the election of 1936 to contemporary election politics. Among the topics she addressed were the role of the private sector in meeting social need…