{"product_id":"every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-two-huey-long-speeches-9781646792733","title":"Every Man a King and Share Our Wealth: Two Huey Long Speeches","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Huey P. Long\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every man a king, so there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life, who would not be dependent upon the whims of the financial barons for a living.\" -\u003cem\u003eShare Our Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e, Huey Long (1934)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eEvery Man a King and Share Our Wealth-Two Huey Long Speeches\u003c\/em\u003e by extraordinary Louisiana left-wing populist Huey Long includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- his 1934 radio address announcing the start of his \"Share Our Wealth\" Movement, promoting greater equality among Americans. By 1935 this movement had 27,000 chapters with 7.5 million members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Long's \u003cem\u003eStatement on the Share Our Wealth Society\u003c\/em\u003e in Congress (1935) with proposals, such as that \"every family was to be furnished with a homestead allowance of not less than one-third the average family wealth of the country\" and \"yearly income cannot exceed more than 300 times the size of the average family income.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong's radical agenda as expressed in \u003cem\u003eEvery Man a King and Share Our Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e still offers food for thought for the social-economic debates of the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46452975108247,"sku":"9781646792733","price":637.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781646792733.webp?v=1769143054","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-two-huey-long-speeches-9781646792733","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}