The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
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77 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
Fantastic Insight into the Great Depression
Amity Shlaes' the Forgotten Man is easily the most fascinating look back at the Great Depression I have ever read. The book is a breeze to read and serves as a refreshing look at the well intentioned policies that help prolong and strengthen the...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 25, 2008 Type: User Review |
Awesome Truth...Kicks the cat of liberals pet programs though
You have to be patient, intelligent, and thoughtful in order to understand this book. It's definately an election year read. Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it. You can really see who the modern day players are...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 22, 2008 Type: User Review |
The Forgotten Man is a Treat CNPID (Could Not Put It Down)
I love it when I cannot figure out very easily the author's political leanings. To me, this means that the author has stepped back to present the story from a different perspective than we ordinarily get from the traditional channels. Of course,...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
Very poorly written.
It is difficult to believe Ms. Shlaes is a journalist by trade. She has not learned to write an English language sentence. A number of reviewers have commented about information being thrown at the reader without proper development; but even if...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
Hey buddy can you spare a dime?
Hoover blankets-Hoover flags-Read this book with a grain of salt.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
Try not to view this as a right-wing book, it presents valid, under-reported criticisms of the handling of the Great Depression
I'm very surprised to see how many people are giving this book a single star with the criticism that it is a right-wing bashing of FDR. The reality of the situation is that we have learned quite a bit about how to manage economic downturns since...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
Poorly written
I was really expecting a lot from this book, but I found it very poorly written. There are hundreds of people thrown at you without context or proper historical development. I've tried reading this book several times and I just cannot do it....
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 31, 2007 Type: User Review |
How US contracted liberalism
Forgotten Man is an extremely interesting history showing the beginnings of the modern "liberalism". It shows how dangerous it is when left leaning academicians are allowed to impose their idiotic notions via strong government.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 22, 2007 Type: User Review |
the haters of Roosevelt and of the New Deal now have their book
For 70 years, conservatives have hated Roosevelt and everything he stood for. Their loathing of the New Deal, however, is pure, elitist ideology. If the New Deal was so destructive and bad, then why were there 3 decades of unabated prosperity...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
A Right-Wing History of the Depression
This book is by a former editor of the Wall Street Journal, and it reads that way. Benjamin Friedman criticized it in the New York Review of Books, pointing out some of its many distortions and omissions. He recommends the much finer book...
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