Amity Ruth Shales ( born September 10, 1960) is a conservative American author and newspaper and magazine columnist. Shales writes about politics and economics from a classical liberal perspective.[2] Shales has authored five books, including three New York Times Bestsellers. She currently chairs the board of trustees of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation[3] and serves as a Presidential Scholar at The King’s College in New York City. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize.
Books in order of publication:
| Germany: The Empire Within | 1991 |
| The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It | 1999 |
| The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression | 2007 |
| Coolidge | 2013 |
| Great Society: A New History | 2018 |
| The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge: Expanded and Annotated Edition | 2021 |
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