Transform Economy Like Coolidge

As House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray settle down to budget negotiations, they should keep Calvin Coolidge in mind.

Amity Shlaes, author of the bestseller “Coolidge“ and chairwoman of the board of the Foundation, told me, “The Calvin Coolidge Foundation has served the region of New England ably for decades. But now Coolidge’s national moment has arrived. He is the president who cut the budget in peacetime.”