The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression | 
|  | | | Title: | The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression | | Author: | Amity Shlaes | | Publisher: | Harper Perennial | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 June, 2008 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0060936428 / 9780060936426 | | List Price: | $15.99 | | You Save: | $5.12 | | Amazon Price: | $10.87 | |
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In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today.
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• Great Story! History Does Repeat Itself. 23 June, 2009
Found this one hard to put down. Written by a conservative but with a very objective and factual sensibility. I am a moderate liberal and I wish that everyone would recognize that there is no perfect political party, and that one's political leanings on different subjects generally run the gamut from left to right wing. An exceptionally well balanced and insightful book about just how tough the Depression was, the tough and often stupid decisions made by the politicians in both parties, and how the American spirit survived in spite of that.
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• Lessons For Obama 30 June, 2009
Amity Schaes has done a great service to truth by the well-written "The Forgotten Man". Since I was born on Black Tuesday October, 1929 (and am now almost 80 I especially appreciated seeing the larger picture from the standpoint of the presidential and governmental standpoint. Recently I have heard that President Obama would do well to read more of FDR. I think he has since dramatic big steps are being taken in combating the recession. And, since I am doing history of a boom area south of Puyallup (South hill area) I am aware that in 1936-8 there was a mini-recession again that is described in the book.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A282NMGJ4TFB85
• Excellent Read 01 July, 2009
The book is an excellent look at the Great Depression from an unique perspective, and very germaine to our current economic circumstances
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• Thoughtful Look At A Period Of History That Everybody Should Understand 22 June, 2009
The Forgotten Man does a remarkable job of describing how FDR's policies lengthened the period known as the Great Depression. Following many bad decisions by Hoover, FDR decides to take a very cavalier and seat of his pants approach to the economy, and this experimentation ensured that almost 25 percent of Americans were jobless throughout the 30's. Particularly interesting is the discussion on the gold standard and deflation vs inflation (pros and cons of deflation and inflation, etc). The parallels between this period of history and today are very apparent, and the struggle of socialism vs capitalism rages in TFM as it does today with Obama.
TFM does an excellent job describing the period and letting the reader draw their own conclusions. This should be a must read for anyone that claims to have any sort of opinion on economic policy today.
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• The Forgotten Man: A New History Of The Great Depression 30 June, 2009
Tremendous history on an important subject that has much to do with today's current economic climate. Contains many parallels that we can learn from. As a philosopher once said, "He who does not learn the lessons of history is bound to repeat its mistakes." A must read book. 5 Stars all they way!
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