[Entrepreneur]

Coolidge does not get his due. He may have been the greatest president this side of Washington. The contrast in policies and results between Harding/Coolidge and Hoover/Roosevelt could not be more different. While you're certainly aware of it, I would suggest others read The Forgotten Depression and then follow up with one or more of your books.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes is a GREAT criticism of the New Deal and the (hidden) socialist backgrounds of most of FDR's “Brain Trust” that controlled it. (Did you know where the 1950's accusation "fellow traveler” came from? )

New Deal, or Raw Deal. continues the economic analysis of Forgotten Man, but shows the depth of the political revenge, class warfare, lies, intimidation, and callous vote-buying strategies that FDR used from 1930-1932 to co-opt and then beat Hoover, then build his empire from 1933 through 1940. (And how all those plans continued failing after Hoover's attempts between 1930 and 1932. Very little after 1940 however.

For a Keynesian viewpoint (that FDR didn't spend enough - vigorously and virtuously “cursing” the 1920’s gold stratgy of Mellon and the British-German-French banking leaders for their plans - read Lord of Finance by Liaquat Ahmed.