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Interest groups are not the same as individuals. Through false nostalgia for the New Deal, you are taking the younger generation hostage. They are the ones who are going to have to pay far greater taxes. They are the future's forgotten men.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Deal False Far Forgotten Future Generation Going Greater Groups Hostage Individuals Interest Men New New Deal Nostalgia Pay Same Taking Taxes Through Who You Younger Younger Generation

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Politicians generally act as if there is no cost to reconnecting with voters by building new New Deals. But the whole exercise of writing law out of New Deal nostalgia is a form of national narcissism. Call it New Deal narcissism.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Act Building Call Cost Deal Deals Exercise Form Generally Law Narcissism National New New Deal Nostalgia Out Politicians Voters Whole Writing

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FDR's job results were, to put it politely, disturbing.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Disturbing Job Put Results Were

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I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer from that. I would rather sacrifice my own narrative in the exercise of writing a biography. So I'm not worried about whether I'm clever.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: About Authors Biography Clever Educated Exercise My Own Narrative Need Own Prove Rather Sacrifice Some Suffer Think Try Whether Worried Would Writing I Think

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We're in a kind of vicious cycle where the media tell the politicians, and the politicians tell the people, that perception is reality, and the perception of saving dooms a politician. I don't believe perception is reality, or that all Americans think that.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: All Americans American Believe Cycle Kind Media People Perception Politician Politicians Reality Saving Tell Think Vicious Where

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Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Believed Benefits Budgets Citizens Delude Economy Freedom Government Government Officials Human Human Freedom Officials Promote Spending Tell Themselves Who

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In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Call Economy Recession Something Unemployed View Whether Wrong You

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A while ago I did a story comparing the change in employment rates in recessions in the U.S. and in Europe, and what I found was that America fired a lot of people and rehired a lot of people faster than Europe. That difference is disappearing, and that is a problem.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: America Change Comparing Did Difference Disappearing Employment Europe Faster Fired Found Lot People Problem Rates Story Than While

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When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Angry Bullying Business Desperate Economic Economic Policy Failing Get Government Know Leaders Policy Really See You

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I'm always for lower taxes because lower taxes make people want to do things. Less burden, more fun, and economics is about people wanting to have fun. Growth is fun for people in the marketplace.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: About Always Because Burden Economics Fun Growth Have Fun Less Lower Lower Taxes Make Marketplace More People Taxes Things Want Wanting

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 10th, 1960

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