Burton W Folsom Jr : 3 books
FDR Goes to War
How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
From the acclaimed author of New Deal or Raw Deal?, called “eye-opening” by the National Review, comes a fascinating exposé of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s destructive wartime legacy—and its adverse impact on America’s economic and foreign policies today.
Did World War II really end...
New Deal or Raw Deal?
How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
A sharply critical new look at Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depression -- and are still hurting America today.
In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton W. Folsom exposes the idyllic...
Uncle Sam Can't Count
A History of Failed Government Investments, from Beaver Pelts to Green Energy
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Drawing on examples from the nation's past and present—the fur trade to railroads, cars and chemicals, aviation to Solyndra—Uncle Sam Can't Count a sweeping work of conservative economic history that explains why the federal government cannot and should not pick winners and losers in the private...