Trinity College

On Feburary 9, 2015, Amity Shlaes delivered a talk at Trinity College entitled: Coolidge in 2016: How Coolidge Said "No" and How He Can Teach Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, and Hillary Clinton to say "No," Too” Shlaes is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: "Coolidge, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression," "The Forgotten Man/Graphic Edition," a cartoon book, and "The Greedy Hand." "The Forgotten Man" has been called the finest history of the 1930's ever written. "Coolidge" was named by Economist Magazine and Alan Greenspan as one of the best books of the year 2013. A veteran journalist, Shlaes writes for Forbes and National Review, and spent over ten years as a columnist for the Financial Times and Bloomberg. Shlaes chairs the jury of the prestigious Hayek Prize, a $50,000 prize for free market journalism, and chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, which is an expanding national foundation honoring the American president known for his restraint in government