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The Curse of Bigness
Until more Americans know what happened in periods such as the Gilded Age, they can’t protect themselves from those who abuse history to advance poor policy.
by
Amity Shlaes
via
National Review
on
July 10, 2023
Shaming Americans
Ken Burns’s "The U.S. and the Holocaust" distorts the historical record in service of a political message.
by
Amity Shlaes
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City Journal
on
January 9, 2023
Book
New Deal Rebels
: An Anthology of Critics of the New Deal
Amity Shlaes
2023
Book
Great Society
: A New History
Amity Shlaes
2020
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Voices from the Wilderness
The actual history of New Deal policies provides little evidence that it was a rollicking success.
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Kevin Schmiesing
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Law & Liberty
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October 10, 2023
Not So Great
Reflections on the problems with progressives’ central principle that activist government is the only mechanism able to solve a modern society’s problems.
by
William Voegeli
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The New Criterion
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February 27, 2020
The Forgotten Failures of the Great Society
A review of "Great Society: A New History," by Amity Shlaes.
by
Fred Siegel
via
National Review
on
January 9, 2020
Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?
A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.
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Michael Kazin
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The Nation
on
July 26, 2021
