Economic Automatons Emerge to Attack James Grant’s The Forgotten Depression

For a few years now, a modern form of Luddite-ism has decried a seemingly ramped-up use of technology that is expected to upend labor markets in the near future to degrees heretofore unseen. In this world, what we know as fast food restaurants will become completely self-serve, with iPad-ish screens used to order French fries and machines in the kitchen to prepare them.

Appendix: The Myth of Free Banking in Scotland

“FREE BANKING” IN SCOTLAND

XVI. Central Banking in the United States IV: The Federal Reserve System

1. THE INFLATIONARY STRUCTURE OF THE FED

XVII. Conclusion: The Present Banking Situation and What to Do About It

1. THE ROAD TO THE PRESENT