Booms and Busts

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Matthew McCaffrey

Research is not just the way we add to the body of knowledge left by previous generations, but is also an effective means of engaging and challenging the ideas of mainstream economics.

Mark Thornton

Are Rising Subprime Mortgages a Small Sign of Big Things to Come?

Ryan McMaken

Mises Daily Monday: James Grant Explains "The Forgotten Depression".

Joseph Calandro Jr.

In his new book The Forgotten Depression, James Grant, investor and founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, explores the Depression of 1921, a "forgotten" economic bust when the government failed to intervene, thus allowing the economy to cure itself.

Mark Thornton

The Economic Crash that Cured Itself: A Conversation with James Grant about the Depression of 1921.

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Despite little liberalization, global trade grew rapidly over the last decades only to collapse in 2009. Was this growth healthy, though?

Mark Thornton

The Central Bank of Canada Warns of Housing Bubble

Mark Thornton

Fed management of the economy and the business cycle has only gotten much worse as it has grown more powerful and destructive. As the Federal Reserve has become more powerful, job losses have generally more severe and the duration of the recovery process has gotten progressively longer.

John P. Cochran

The most recent job report appears, on the surface, encouraging news for the U. S. economy.