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Need a way to educate someone without handing them a "book" book?

Give them this. Amity Shlaes' "The Forgotten Man" is a true history of the Depression and how Roosevelt made a bad situation worse...and how he doubled down on the problems that Hoover created with government intervention.

1 posted on 08/31/2014 12:54:33 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

The “book” book was a fine read. Looking forward to this one as well....


2 posted on 08/31/2014 12:59:46 PM PDT by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: SoFloFreeper

For later. Thanks.


3 posted on 08/31/2014 1:16:01 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The adapters are Chuck Dixon and Paul Rivoche, who hail from comic books. Dixon is a great writer (and staunch conservative), so I have confidence in this adaptation. I don’t know much about Rivoche, but the art looks good. Adding this to my “wish list” on Amazon!


5 posted on 08/31/2014 1:39:36 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I have this. Sorry, but it’s impenetrable, unreadable, and beyond bizarre. I hope no one attempts anything remotely like this ever again, on this planet or any other.


6 posted on 08/31/2014 1:47:29 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: SoFloFreeper
William Graham Sumner's The Forgotten Man at Ludwig von Mises Institute.

The first paragraph:
The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man.

10 posted on 08/31/2014 5:16:20 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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