February 2nd: “FDR and Obama: Big Spenders of Other Peoples’ Money”
What: Burt Folsom, Jr., PhD of Hillsdale College
Where: IFES Portuguese Hall
432 Stierlin Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
Time: Tuesday, February 2nd.
Reception starts at 6:15 PM – Program starts at 7:00 PM
Cost: Members $10 On-line ($15 at Door)
Non-Members $20 On-Line ($25 at Door)
Premium Members are Free
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Burt Folsom has made numerous television appearances on The Glenn Beck Show, FOX & Friends, and C-Span. On talk radio, he is a frequent guest of Rusty Humphries, Michael Medved, and many others. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Business History Review, Investor’s Business Daily, the Washington TIMES, and countless other publications.
Dr. Folsom has taught at Murray State University, Northwood University, and currently holds the Charles Kline Chair in History and Management at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He also worked for several years at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Center for the American Idea. He has published six books, including Myth of the Robber Barons, now in its fifth edition, in which he explains the role of market entrepreneurs and political entrepreneurs. His latest book is New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America (Simon & Schuster, 2008). Dr. Folsom also serves as Senior Historian at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and writes a quarterly column for FEE’s publication The Freeman.
He and his wife Anita write for their blog at www.BurtFolsom.com, and they are co-authoring FDR Goes to War (Simon & Schuster, 2011).
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