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Amity Shlaes on the ‘Great Society,’ and How the 60s Still Affect Us

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Amity Shales is the author of a new book, “Great Society: A New History.” On today's Daily Signal Podcast, she breaks down why the 60's were so radical, and how the policies were perhaps even worse for America than the New Deal was.

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