Shlaes commenced her career at The Wall Street Journal, where she was an editorial board member. In 2021, Shlaes was awarded the Bradley Prize. Shlaes is an advisor to the C-Span Quadrennial Presidential poll, and chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, which gives the prestigious Coolidge Scholarship, and recently co-edited, with Matthew Denhart, a new edition of Coolidge’s autobiography. Before that, she served on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. She wrote a weekly column for more than a decade, first the Financial Times and then Bloomberg. Shlaes is winner of the Frederic Bastiat and Hayek Prizes. One of America’s premier economic historians, she is the author of six books, among them four New York Times bestsellers: Great Society: A New History, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, Coolidge, The Forgotten Man/Graphic, The Greedy Hand: Why Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and Germany: The Empire Within. John Royall, President & CEO, Gulf Publishing CompanyĪmity Shlaes, a sought-after keynote speaker who places the current economy in the context of the past has given speeches and lectures covering a wide range of topics to financial institutions, corporations, colleges, universities, and historical societies. She was an excellent opening keynote and stage setter for our event.” But more impressive was her ability to give business cases and tell personal anecdotes that related to the professional women in attendance. She was able to speak to the economic issues confronting the industry.

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