Ronald Reagan was a genius of statecraft, a champion of liberty, an inspirer of hope, a great President.

FORBES: Magnificent Man

Shlaes does history a big favor by acknowledging FDR as a empathetic inspirer, a radio genius and a great wartime commander-in-chief.

FORBES: John Updike's Emotional Economics

In Mind Your Own Business, he criticized top-down management, writing that the role of the leader is ''catalyst, conscience and inspirer.

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