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online.wsj.com - 11/4/2008
Five Myths About the Great Depression
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The current financial crisis has revived powerful misconceptions about the Great Depression. Those who misinterpret the past are all too likely to repeat the exact same mistakes that made the Great Depression so deep and devastating. Here are five interrelated and durable myths about the 1929-39 ...
marginalrevolution.com - 11/10/2008
Understanding Fiscal Policy During the Great Depression
— marginalrevolution.com — My little spat with with Rauchway regarding unemployment during the Great Depression draws in Paul Krugman . ... Krugman doesn't respond to any of my arguments but he does give us the old line that fiscal policy didn't fail during the Great ... (more) Understanding Fiscal Policy During the Great Depression

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Stop lying about Roosevelt’s record.
edgeofthewest.wordpress.com - 11/6/2008
Stop lying about Roosevelt’s record.
— edgeofthewest.wordpress.com — Oh for pity’s sake. Some real news outlet needs to publish a nice short piece on conservative... falsehoods about the New Deal. Amity Shlaes’s Liberty League retread has got a new lease of life, thanks to the Daily Show of all outlets (Jon ... (more) Stop lying about Roosevelt’s record.

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marginalrevolution.com - 11/7/2008
Unemployment During the Great Depression
— marginalrevolution.com — Regarding unemployment during the Great Depression, Andrew Wilson writing at the WSJ recently said: As late as... 1938, after almost a decade of governmental "pump priming," almost one out of five workers remained unemployed. Historian ... (more) Unemployment During the Great Depression

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Tuesday's Daily News
Club for Growth — THE DAILY NEWS Is Obama Swiping the Tax-Cut Issue? - Larry Kudlow, RCM Wanted: A Non-Keynsian President - Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, Forbes Fettered to the Federal Government - Ed Feulner, Indy Star Obama's Agenda: Reality vs. Rhetoric - Union Leader Editorial Five Myths About the Great Depression - Andrew Wilson, WSJ Raising Taxes for ‘Purposes of Fairness’ - Drew Cline, Union Leader Don’t Raise Capital Gains Taxes - Lee ...

links for 2008-11-06
Economist's View — ... in America - Eugene Robinson - washingtonpost.com Trade’s Lubricant Growing Costlier - NYTimes.com Obama Has Chance to Make Quick Mark on Fed - Real Time Economics Why Obama has to take over economic policymaking—now - Daniel Gross Top Priority Is Stabilizing the Patient - NYTimes.com What Should Obama Do First? Health Care Reform - Capital Gains and Games Five Myths About the Great Depression - WSJ.com How the Financial Landscape Will ...

"Stop Lying about Roosevelt's Record"
Economist's View — ... to an article in the WSJ called Five Myths About the Great Depression. I shouldn't have, at least not without some big qualifications: ...

Unemployment During the Great Depression
Marginal Revolution — Regarding unemployment during the Great Depression, Andrew Wilson writing at the WSJ recently said: As late as 1938, after almost a decade of governmental "pump priming," almost one out of five workers remained unemployed. Historian Eric Rauchway says this a lie, a lie spread by conservatives to besmirch the sainted FDR.  Nonsense.  In 1938 the unemployment rate was 19.1%, i.e. almost one out of five workers was unemployed, this is from the official Bureau of Census/ ...

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