An Austrian Taxonomy of Deflation—With Applications to the U.S.
Whether the current recovery will strengthen, which appears to be the prevailing consensus, or whether unforeseen events in the financial arena abort it prematurely,
Whether the current recovery will strengthen, which appears to be the prevailing consensus, or whether unforeseen events in the financial arena abort it prematurely,
Most historians claim that Herbert Hoover adhered to a policy of laissez faire after the stock market crash of 1929. This laissez faire policy is allegedly responsible for the severity and persistence of unemployment
Butler Shaffer's well-written monograph, In Restraint of Trade, describes in extensive detail why and how most businessmen pleaded for the government to tame them between the end of World War I and the eve of World War II.
Austrians have demonstrated that recessions—and depressions—are the inevitable result of central bank intervention in the economy.
It is suggested in Daniel Kuehn’s article in this issue (2011) that MacKenzie (2010) is wrong about Hoover’s effectiveness in pushing a high wage policy that caused high unemployment.
Every economist who regards himself or herself as a free-market theorist and advocate should acquire, read, and retain this paean to planning and interventionism as a valuable reference—especially if he or she is also a political libertarian.
Kaza reviews Alan Greenspan's book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. Kaza asks "Which social acquaintance will defend Greenspan against the charge the seeds of the greatest
Arthur Burns, Federal Reserve chairman (1970-1978), delayed Murray Rothbard's doctoral dissertation at Columbia University in the mid-1950s. Rothbard (1969) later observed
Is there any “good” reason for a country such as the U.S.
Adam Smith noted in 1776 that “What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.”