Marketplace22 天
How the relationship between government and economy has changed since “The Great Society”
Kennedy, Johnson used this moment to explain a policy agenda for the country that he called the Great Society. “I was actually reading over his shoulder on the teleprompter,” said Roger ...
Countdown to 47: Lyndon B. Johnson, the Thirty-Sixth President
Turning now to “LBJ” - Lyndon Baines Johnson. Before becoming the 36th president Johnson taught at an elementary school in ...
Marketplace22 天
Biden’s “Great Society”
We compare the mark on the economy made by two presidents: Joe Biden and Lyndon Johnson. Sign up for the ... Decades after the promise of "The Great Society" for Americans, President Biden is ...
Portland Press Herald26 天
When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland 60 years ago, a hundred thousand followed
“Maine will again be a leader for the nation, a leader in creating a more abundant America, a leader in building the Great Society,” Johnson said in his remarks. “Yes, Maine will again be a ...
A man sentenced to 5 life terms is released after nearly 30 years
A Brooklyn man who served 27 years in prison for robbery and drug charges has been granted early release by the same judge that had sentenced him to five life terms behind bars ...
The Economist20 天
Boris Johnson shows how not to write a political memoir
as Mr Johnson might say. “Unleashed”, the former prime minister’s autobiography, dispenses with such effortful artistry. Instead its pages offer only one “I”: the great overweening ego ...
Yahoo News25 天
When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland 60 years ago, a hundred thousand followed
Johnson stopped in Portland for a campaign visit 60 years ago Saturday ... In one photo housed at the Maine Historical Society, people can be seen carrying handwritten signs and wearing paper "USA" ...
Forbes7 天
What's Next For Johnson & Johnson Stock?
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Nobel economics prize goes to 3 economists who found that freer societies are more likely ...
The Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to three U.S.-based academics for research into why societies with ...
Yahoo26 天
When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland, a hundred thousand followed
Johnson stopped in Portland for a campaign visit ... In one photo housed at the Maine Historical Society, people can be seen carrying handwritten signs and wearing paper "USA" hats.
WTVW on MSN1 天
Man wrongly convicted of murder starts new job after 28 years behind bars
He had two sons who completed the program. That’s how Lamar Johnson, a man who spent 28 years behind for a murder he did not ...
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, both MIT professors, win Nobel Prize
Their studies have shown the importance of giving people a real democratic voice for countries’ economic survival, the Nobel ...