Lawrence W. Reed is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education and its Humphreys Family Senior Fellow. He blogs at lawrencewreed.com.
Overview
What makes a president "good" or "bad"? Are the views of conventional historians right on such things or should we be looking for second opinions? In this lecture, Lawrence W. Reed offers his answers to these questions, while taking us on a stroll through the triumphs and the follies of some of the 43 men who have occupied the White House.