Is it true what they say about planning and centralized government power? Award-winning author Amity Shlaes in her new book Great Society answers in the affirmative. This wide-ranging discussion examines the intentions and consequences of this momentous quest for planning and power by the federal government.
Richard Reinsch: Today we're talking with Amity Shlaes about her new book, Great Society: A New History. Amity is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression; The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy; and a biography of Calvin Coolidge entitled, Coolidge, which she appeared on this program, one of our first interviewers when we started this program. So Amity, glad to welcome you back, and the book has been getting a lot of attention and a lot of reviews from what I can tell, so congratulations.
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