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Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow in economic history at t Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and a syndicated columnist ahe Council on Foreign Relations and a syndicated columnist at Bloomberg. She has written for "The Financial Times" and "t Bloomberg. She has written for "The Financial Times" and "The Wall Street Journal", where she was an editorial board mThe Wall Street Journal", where she was an editorial board member, as well as for "The...See more

Amity Shlaes book reviews

  • The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression 5 out of 5

    The Great Depression: A Second Look

    by ravewing, Jan 27, 2011

    An excellently written, comprehensively documented history of the period opening up new vistas for thought and reflection. The author has succeeded beyond expectation to both hold the reader's ... read more

  • The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression 5 out of 5

    EXCELLENT

    by Mela, Apr 1, 2010

    This is an EXCELLENT BOOK for anyone loving history or wanting to learn more about it. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it!!! I'm a history buff and I learned a LOt. read more

  • The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression 5 out of 5

    An Amity-ville lore

    by Ronnell, Jul 28, 2008

    I am reading this book and I don't think it totally debunks FDR. Afterall his CCC made
    work out of nothing at all and producing 3 billion trees. Ms. Shlaes word for it was
    make-work which she saw as ... read more

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