Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.
Amity ShlaesDisillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.
Amity ShlaesIn a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.
Amity ShlaesOur conscience, our faith, our local community, even our online hobby clubs - all civilize us.
Amity ShlaesEurope unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal policies that can strain a joint currency.
Amity ShlaesRight now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing out deals to specific groups. Coolidge fixed a problem like that. He came into a rough time and he, and Harding before him, fixed that by budgeting.
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