Repeating the Mistakes of The Great Society, with Amity Shlaes

<p>Historian Amity Shlaes joins us for a new look at the origins and aftermath of LBJ's Great Society – the massive federal poverty-reduction programs of the 1960's. The debates in that era were the same debates today: socialism vs capitalism, public-sector vs private-sector, victimhood vs self-empowerment. And the cost of these programs led to devastating outcomes which are still unfolding to this day.</p> <p>Amity Shlaes’ most recent book is <em>Great Society: A New History</em>. She is the author of four <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers: <em>The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression</em>, <em>The Forgotten Man/Graphic</em>, <em>Coolidge</em>, and <em>The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy. </em>Miss Shlaes chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and the Manhattan Institute's Hayek Book Prize, and serves as a scholar at the King's College. A former member of the <em>Wall Street Journal's </em>editorial board, Miss Shlaes published a weekly syndicated column for more than a decade, appearing first in the <em>Financial Times</em>, then in <em>Bloomberg</em>. Follow her on Twitter at @AmityShlaes.</p>