Booms and Busts
Credit Expansion, Crisis, and the Myth of the Saving Glut
The Federal Reserve System and those in charge of it at during the real estate bubble bear responsibility for major harm to tens of millions of Americans.
Krugman’s Rearguard Apologists
As it turns out, Krugman's apologists shouldn't demand more context for his notorious quotes, since it only shines even more light on how confused and backward he is as an economist.
Christina Romer’s Faulty Depression History
The Keynesians have no leg to stand on.
War Eagle Condo Bust
"The beauty of an auction is that it's a very clear and simple example of what goes on every day in a free market — buyers and sellers meeting to negotiate a price."
Woods Tells the Story of the Meltdown
He contrasts the rapid recovery of the economy following the 1920–1921 depression, when the government adopted a "hands-off" policy, with the disastrous stagnation of the economy in the 1930s, during Roosevelt's New Deal.
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Tom Woods has made an invaluable contribution with his latest book. The public today looks for an explanation of the current economic crisis and a prescription for recovery.
Inflation: What You See and What You Don’t See
People are being told by governments, central bankers, and leading mainstream economists that money-base expansion is not inflationary — because th
Can the “Mimetic Effect” Explain Speculative Bubbles?
Artificial credit created by a deceptively low rate of interest leads to speculative bubbles.