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Economic Depressions by Murray N. Rothbard

moribundmurdoch's review

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reflective fast-paced

4.5

It's a nice quick read that quickly keys the reader a key that unlocks an understanding of the macroeconomic trend that is business cycles while refuting the commonly understood causes of the business cycle.

tylerrobinson1's review

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3.0

"Like the related doping of a horse, the boom is kept on its way and ahead of its invetibale comeuppance, by repeated dosis of the stimulant of bank credit."

Decent summation of Austrian theory of (depr/rec)-essions. Following Mises, Rothbard argues that inflationary bank credit influenced by the government is the cause of depressions. The only remedy is a laissez faire economy with a government that leaves off. Rothbard also argues against Keynes' theory of depressions, by arguing that it assumes businessmen cannot predict the sudden collapse of consumption.
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