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Rothbards americas great depression is a staple of modern economic l. In typical rothbardian fashion, americas great depression is full of not just stories of. It would be a mistake to assume americas great depression is a descriptive work intended to merely analyze and convey the causes of and effects of the great depression. When murray rothbards americas great depression first appeared in print in 1963, the economics profession was still completely dominated by the. Rothbard first summarizes the austrian theory and offers a criticism of. His americas great depression 1963 is, in my view, the single best application of austrian theory to explaining historical events. Rothbard then considers federal reserve policy in the 1920s, showing its inflationary character. I have used to explain the causes of the otherwise mysterious 1929 depression. Americas great depression is the classic treatise on. Rothbards americas great depression is a staple of modern. The mises institute edition features a new introduction by historian paul johnson. Murray rothbards americas great depression isaac morehouse.

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