America's Great Depression
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America's Great Depression
| Author | Murray N. Rothbard |
|---|---|
| Published | 1963 |
| Pages | 361 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Rothbard’s Austrian account of 1929: the boom was the error, the 1920s credit expansion caused it, and Hoover’s interventions are what turned a correction into a decade. A minority reading, argued at length. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @typesfast — named as “America’s Great Depression — Rothbard” in answer to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in a thread on X, June 2025. The full set of replies lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- Economics — The dispute the book is a position in.
- Economic History — The episode.
- Markets — Where the Austrian argument lives.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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