Here and elsewhere, Shlaes ignores or obscures the rot at the base of the Coolidge prosperity: ... In “Coolidge,” Amity Shlaes portrays the 3oth president as a role model of limited government.

Amity Shlaes, chairman of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, is the author of "Great Society" and co-editor, with Matthew Denhart, of a new edition of Coolidge's autobiography. Every ...

Calvin Coolidge served as president during the economic heydey of the 1920s, seen by some as a conservative model of prosperity . National Archive/Getty Images.

Calvin Coolidge. Born. July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, to John Calvin Coolidge Sr. and Victoria Josephine Moor (Coolidge). Education. Attended Black River Academy and Amherst College.

Calvin Coolidge “vacations” on his Vermont farm in 1937. ... Jews, women, blacks and Native Americans — into the Coolidge Prosperity. The free fall in the number of lynchings, ...

WHEN Calvin Coolidge left the presidency in March 1929, having forsworn what surely would have been a reelection romp, he was basking in public adulation of a rare kind.

The free market think tank Unleash Prosperity released a report highlighting the role of immigration in boosting the U.S.

He took credit for Coolidge prosperity because it was politically expedient to do so, but he kept repeating that Coolidge economy was the priceless ingredient.

Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper. He was graduated from Amherst College with honors, and entered law and politics in Northampton, Massachusetts ...

A founder of modern conservativism who ushered in an era of prosperity, Calvin Coolidge must be recognized as one of the great presidents. by Alex Adkins. February 16, 2025, 10:30 PM.