The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

The Great Depression was one of the most difficult periods in American History. Conventional interpretation holds that Roosevelt’s New Deal array of government programs, along with the onset of World War II, helped to save the country. However, Amity Shlaes challenges this interpretation in The Forgotten Man.

Shlaes argues that as heroic as FDR was, his economic planning often made things worse, and probably made the Depression last even longer. The end of the Depression was brought about ...