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Burton W. Folsom Jr.

Burton W. Folsom Jr.
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Burton W. Folsom Jr.

Burton W. Folsom, Jr. is a professor of history at Hillsdale College in Michigan. He is a regular columnist for The Freeman and has written several books, among them The Myth of the Robber Barons, as well as articles for The Wall Street Journal,... Read full bio

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Oct 11, 2011
FDR Goes to War will be released on October 11, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
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FDR Goes to War is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 11, 2011
New Deal or Raw Deal? will be released on November 17, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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New Deal or Raw Deal? is now available in Trade Paperback
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New Deal or Raw Deal? will be released on November 04, 2008 in Hardcover
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Q. Where did you go to high school and/or college? A. Lincoln SouthEast in Lincoln, NE; Center College, Indiana University, University of Nebraska, University of Pittsburgh Q. What was/is your favorite job? A. Teaching Q. What were your previous occupations? A. Radio disc jockey, doorman, graduate assistant Q. What is your birthdate? A. 11/14 Learn more about Burton W. Folsom Jr.

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Midland Daily News, January 31, 2012
...By the Midland Daily News Midland Daily News | 0 comments Former Midlanders Burton W. Folsom Jr. and Anita Folsom are scheduled to be guests on a Book TV segment on Book TV (C-Span2). C-Span2 is seen on channel 997 by Midland-area customers of...
Capital Times, October 9, 2011
...Up!” Perry’s book draws heavily from several libertarian denunciations of the Roosevelt administration — chief among them Burton Folsom’s book “New Deal or Raw Deal?” and Jim Powell’s “FDR’s Folly” — to paint the New Deal as the...
MSNBC, July 19, 2011
...perception of FDR as the country’s economic savior during the Great Depression. Other books, such as historian Burton Folsom Jr.’s 2008 New Deal or Raw Deal: How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America and the 2009 work by Robert Murphy, The...
Town Hall, June 20, 2011
...in America - Alexis de Tocqueville, Madisons Notes on the Convention. The Myth of the Robber Barons - Burton Folsom. Flag as Offensive Elizabeth Wrote: 1 hours ago (8:04 PM) Reyne: I just started reading the 5000 Year Leap & it is a great book! I'm going...
The Pretense of Knowledge, August 8, 2011
...by Thomas Sowell Every column ever written by Dr. Walter Williams The Myth of the Robber Barons by Burton Folsom Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Rose Friedman The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Ludwig von Mises Defending the Undefendable by...
Start Thinking Right, July 15, 2011
...into a bucket.  That’s something I wouldn’t mind donating to the government. I once quoted Burton Folsom in his great book “New Deal Or Raw Deal?”  It’s time to quote that passage again: Throughout American history, right from the start,...
Start Thinking Right, July 11, 2011
...Deal Or Raw Deal?  How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America , which should be required reading.  Burton Folsom Jr. points out that when FDR structured his many policies and regulations that strangled economic growth, he did so in such a way that...