Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes' The Forgotten Man: Why Is This Republicans' Favorite Book?

Politico | Andie Coller and Patrick O'Connor | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media


There aren't any sex scenes or vampires, and it won't help you lose weight. But House Republicans are tearing through the pages of Amity Shlaes' "T...

Revolt 2009! Computers Rise Up, Force Improved Health Care Upon An Anxious Population

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


RJ Eskow

Improved health IT is actually one of the few issues where left and right agree. Better health information is not a partisan issue, or at least it wasn't until now.

The Great Depression, Part IV

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


Hale

New Deal doubters cannot dispute the numbers and the overwhelming accomplishments of this era, so they focus instead on the few incomplete successes.

The Forgotten Math: Pre-WWII New Deal Saw Biggest Drop In Unemployment Rate in History

David Sirota | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

Conservatives would like us all to believe their claim that history proves massive spending packages like the New Deal will supposedly harm our economy.