Graphic edition in 2014. Host amity shlaes, who is the forgotten man . Guest president roosevelt spoke of the forgotten man as the man at the bottom of the pyramid so that would be the homeless man. But they were aware of another forgotten man in school and that was the man who pays for the government projects. The third party. There is even algebra about the other forgotten man saying a wants to help x but b wants to help x, too, but the problem is when they coherce c into it. It is the taxpayer. That is the question also today. Host in your book, the forgotten man a new history of the Great Depression, you write the big question about the american depression is not whether war with germany and japan ended it. It is why it lasted from 19291940 from hoover to roosevelt Government Intervention helped to make the depression great. Guest thank you for quotes that introduction. This is a book i wrote about the 1930s because we all learned something about it in school and that was the new d
Weekends television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Up next, author and columnist amity shlaes, the chair of the Calvin Coolidge foundation, talks about the Great Depression, taxes and president ial legacies. The former wall street Journal Editorial Board member is the author of five nonfiction books including the New York Times bestseller, the forgotten man, which was released as a graphic edition in 2014. Host amity shlaes, whos the forgotten man . Be. Guest the forgotten man, who was he . President roosevelt spoke to have forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid, so that would be the homeless man. But in the era that president roosevelt spoke about this inoto the 1930s, they were aware of be another forgotten man. Many americans then had learned about this other forgotten man in school, and that forgotten man was the man who pays for th government project, the third party. Theres even a littlal yes pa be about the forgotten man, that other forgotten man. Ve they
The next is if you have not had an opportunity to see a new permanent exhibit we installed last year about this time come find one of us and the Library Staff and will be happy to give you one of the buttons which will be you into the Museum Galleries for free today. Finally, just a quick thanks to our friends and colleagues from cspan of our family this session today, great supporters of the programs that we do and it is nice to have them back with us today. Just a little talk about how this session will go ms. Amity shlaes is going to speak for roughly 30 minutes. She likes to do things very interactively. She will talk about the process and how it came about through and how it came to fruition. A very open to questions from the audience because she would love to take as many questions as possible. We will have you come up to mike so that cspan can catch your question on tape as well as your face because you will be so enthusiastic about her talk. And then once ms. Amity shlaes is do
Our coverage from the 2014 roosevelt reading festival continues with amitiy shlase on the Great Depression. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is bob clark and im the deputy directyear her tee franklin d. Roosevelt president ial lie area and museum, and its my honor to welcome you to the 11th annual roosevelt reading festival. Before i introduce our distinguished speaker, let in go over a couple of housekeeping things. Would everyone please take out your Electronic Devices and turn them off so we dont have any interruptions of our presentation today. The next is if you havent had an opportunity yet to see our new permanent exhibit we signaled last year, come find one of us on the Library Staff and well be happy to give you an fdr button and that will get you into the Museum Galleries for free today. And then finally, just a kick quick thanks to our friends frid colleagues from cspan who are recording this session. Just a little talk about how the session will go. The author is going to