Amity Shlaes, Author at Show-Me Institute

A President Who Reduced the Budget? Calvin Coolidge

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:25:50 +0000

The Roaring ’20s didn’t just happen. At the Show-Me Institute’s Speaker Series on Feb. 28, author Amity Shlaes said the President known as “Silent Cal” deserves a lot of the credit for the booming economy. Shlaes, who has written the book Coolidge (due for release June 26), says Calvin Coolidge did what some might consider impossible today. He cut taxes and the federal budget.

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Lower Taxes to Improve the Economy –Calvin Coolidge

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:18:21 +0000

At the Show-Me Institute’s Speaker Series on Feb. 28, author Amity Shlaes talked about one of America’s least remembered Presidents…Calvin Coolidge. Her book, Coolidge, will hit bookstores June 26, and Shlaes feels today’s leaders could learn something from “Silent Cal.” Shlaes says Coolidge’s tight budgets and tax cuts brought America out of recession and helped trigger the economic boom known as the Roaring ’20s.

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Calvin Coolidge: The Best President You’ve Never Heard Of

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000

On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Amity Shlaes spoke at Saint Louis University's John Cook School of Business at an event organized and co-sponsored by the Show-Me Institute. The topic of the talk was Shlaes' latest book Coolidge — due for release June 26 — which discusses the presidency of Calvin Coolidge with a focus on the effectiveness of his laissez-faire policies in restoring the turbulent economy of the early 20's to "normalcy."

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