The Forgotten Man
by:
Amity Shlaes (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061446160 (0061446165)
Publish date: June 12th 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
20th Century,
Business,
Economics,
Politics,
American History,
Political Science
This book provides a critical review of actions taken during the Great Depression from 1929 to 1940, and it reflects of whether theses actions helped or hurt the prospects for economic recovery. Viewing that era from today’s perspective can provide plenty of things to criticize. However, we today ar...
An in depth look at the causes of the Depression and the subsequent successes and failures of the New Deal.
Meh. I think this was probably one of the better written histories of the Depression that I've read, but it reeks of Conservative Tea Party drivel. I wonder if I'd read this before the financial crisis and the subsequent political baloney flying back and forth from both sides if I would have recei...