false 2 3 3 true 5994874 read 0 true 637778 currently-reading 0 true 637777 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4979862 to: The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (Hardcover) by Amity Shlaes
“[W]hen wages moved ahead, profits narrowed and shareholders lost.” (Shlaes 337) Essentially if capitalism is to fulfill itself, and ‘succeed’, wages must be suppressed. Amazing what you can learn from a conservative screed that simplifies the Depression into Hoover did too little and Roosevelt went over the top. The Forgotten Man also completely forgets to talk about the forgotten man. If you want to read a ton about the minutia of who was involved with a cornucopia of public and fiscal policy, then look no further. This is a name drop extravaganza within a thinly veiled prosecution of the left as being not only ineffective in making America great, but red to the core and to never be trusted.

If, however you were looking for a balanced review of what occurred to the man who was supposedly the object of all the attempts to right the economy, you’d best keep lookin’…
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4979606 to: Stone Age Economics (Paperback) by Marshall Sahlins
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