https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/05/04/the-forgotten-fan/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:36:17 -0400<![CDATA[Among the many anecdotes collected in Amity Shlaes&#8217; The Forgotten Man, was the story of Depression-era farmers who were paid money to destroy their own crops, in order to artificially inflate prices, as the newly reprimitivized system of Keynesian economics replaced its tried and true laissez faire-oriented predecessor. As she told Reason’s Nick Gillespie in early 2008, “Roosevelt was elected in part by the farm vote. They wanted the kind of high prices they had had before World War I.”]]>Wed, 04 May 2011 01:17:34 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/05/04/the-forgotten-fan-n253959